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ID: 6003508
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6003508
 
Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Lothagam (hill)  Lothagam (hill)

Coordinates:
Lat: 02 55 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 2.9160  decimal degrees
Long: 036 04 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 36.0660  decimal degrees

Note: Site of early Holocene lake and beach deposits from ca. 8000-7000 before present; today is located in the desert of the western Turkan area, 10 miles west of Lake Rudolf; artifacts include harpoons and other implements for catching fish.

Names:
Lothagam (preferred,C,O)
Lothagam Hill (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 Turkana (county)  ............  Turkana (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Lothagam (hill)  ................  Lothagam (hill) (P)

Place Types:
hill (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)
fishing spot (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Lothagam..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 348
Lothagam Hill..........  [VP]
..........................  African Archaeology (1998) accessed 01/03/2001
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  African Archaeology (1998) accessed 01/03/2001
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 27 July 2010
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 348
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Shaw and Jameson, Dictionary of Archaeology (2002) 363

 

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