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ID: 7059178
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7059178
Record Type:
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Koobi Fora (archaeological site)
Coordinates:
Lat: 03 57 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 3.9500
decimal degrees
Long: 036 13 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 36.2160
decimal degrees
Note:
Area near Lake Rudolf with rich fossil beds; hominid bones found there are Australopithecus, A. boisei and possibly others; also known for the '1470' skull dated to be around 1.75 million years old.
Names:
Koobi Fora
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Africa
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Kenya
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Marsabit
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Koobi Fora
(archaeological site) (
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Place Types:
archaeological site (
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Sources and Contributors:
Koobi Fora..........
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VP Preferred
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Shaw and Jameson, Dictionary of Archaeology (2002)
In "East Turkana"; 210-211
Subject:
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NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 27 July 2010
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Phillipson, African Archaeology (1985)
23-22
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Shaw and Jameson, Dictionary of Archaeology (2002)
210-211
Note:
English
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Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
accessed 27 July 2010
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Phillipson, African Archaeology (1985)
22-23
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Shaw and Jameson, Dictionary of Archaeology (2002)
210-211
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