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ID: 6001338
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6001338
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Chesowanja (deserted settlement)  Chesowanja (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 00 39 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 0.6500  decimal degrees
Long: 036 12 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 36.2000  decimal degrees

Note: Australopithecus and Homo Erectus remains found at this site, with evidence of hominid activity over approximately two millenia.

Names:
Chesowanja (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Kenya (nation)  ........  Kenya (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Baringo (county)  ............  Baringo (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Chesowanja (deserted settlement)  ................  Chesowanja (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Chesowanja..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 340
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Bishop, Hill, and Pickford, Chesowanja, Geological Society (1978)
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 340
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Bishop, Hill, and Pickford, Chesowanja, Geological Society (1978)

 

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