New archaeological investigations at the Lothagam harpoon site at Lake Turkana. (6th December 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Goldstein, Steven; Hildebrand, Elisabeth; Storozum, Michael; Sawchuk, Elizabeth; Lewis, Jason; Ngugi, Cecilia; Robbins, Lawrence H.
• Is Part Of: Antiquity. Volume 91:Number 360(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-12-06
• Subjects: Archaeology -- Periodicals; Antiquities -- Periodicals; 930.05
• DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2017.215
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-598X

Abstract

Abstract : The Lothagam harpoon site in north-west Kenya's Lake Turkana Basin provides a stratified Holocene sequence capturing changes in African fisher-hunter-gatherer strategies through a series of subtle and dramatic climate shifts (Figure 1 ). The site rose to archaeological prominence following Robbins's 1965–1966 excavations, which yielded sizeable lithic and ceramic assemblages and one of the largest collections of Early Holocene human remains from Eastern Africa (Robbins1974 ; Angel et al .1980 ).