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ID: 7059180
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7059180
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Omo (archaeological site)  Omo (archaeological site)

Coordinates:
Lat: 04 47 59 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 4.7990  decimal degrees
Long: 035 58 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 35.9660  decimal degrees

Note: Located near the Omo River in the Southwestern portion of Ityop'iya; hominid fossils here date back 3 million years; other notable fossils are around 1.4 million years old and include Homo Habilis and Homo Erectus; named an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.

Names:
Omo (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Ethiopia (nation)  ........  Ethiopia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Southern Nations and Nationalities Peoples Regional State (state)  ............  Southern Nations and Nationalities Peoples Regional State (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Omo (archaeological site)  ................  Omo (archaeological site) (P)

Place Types:
archaeological site (preferred, C)
World Heritage Site (C)  ............  since 1980

Sources and Contributors:
Omo..........  [VP Preferred]
...........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 27 July 2010
...........  Shaw and Jameson, Dictionary of Archaeology (2002) 447
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 27 July 2010
..................  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 24 November 2014
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Shaw and Jameson, Dictionary of Archaeology (2002) 447
..........  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 227 July 2010

 

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