Olorgesailie, the Glossary
Olorgesailie is a geological formation in East Africa, on the floor of the Eastern Rift Valley in southern Kenya, southwest of Nairobi along the road to Lake Magadi.[1]
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38 relations: Acheulean, Archaeology, Artifact (archaeology), Daily Nation, East Africa, Florisbad Skull, Frontal bone, Geological formation, Glynn Isaac, Gregory Rift, Hand axe, Hominini, Homo erectus, Human, Jebel Irhoud, John Walter Gregory, Kenya, Lake Magadi, Lava, Louis Leakey, Lower Paleolithic, Mary Leakey, Mount Longonot, Mount Suswa, Nairobi, National Museums of Kenya, Nature (journal), NPR, Obsidian, Paleontology, Prisoner of war, Quartzite, Rick Potts, Smithsonian Institution, Stratigraphy, The Atlantic, Trachyte, Volcanic ash.
- Archaeological sites in Kenya
- Lower Paleolithic
- Pleistocene paleontological sites of Africa
- Prehistoric Kenya
Acheulean
Acheulean (also Acheulian and Mode II), from the French after the type site of Saint-Acheul, is an archaeological industry of stone tool manufacture characterized by the distinctive oval and pear-shaped "hand axes" associated with Homo erectus and derived species such as Homo heidelbergensis. Olorgesailie and Acheulean are Lower Paleolithic.
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Archaeology
Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.
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Artifact (archaeology)
An artifact or artefact (British English) is a general term for an item made or given shape by humans, such as a tool or a work of art, especially an object of archaeological interest.
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Daily Nation
The Daily Nation is a Kenyan newspaper.
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East Africa
East Africa, also known as Eastern Africa or the East of Africa, is a region at the eastern edge of the African continent, distinguished by its geographical, historical, and cultural landscape.
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Florisbad Skull
The Florisbad Skull is an important human fossil of the early Middle Stone Age, representing either late Homo heidelbergensis or early Homo sapiens.
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Frontal bone
In the human skull, the frontal bone or sincipital bone is a unpaired bone which consists of two portions.
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Geological formation
A geological formation, or simply formation, is a body of rock having a consistent set of physical characteristics (lithology) that distinguishes it from adjacent bodies of rock, and which occupies a particular position in the layers of rock exposed in a geographical region (the stratigraphic column).
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Glynn Isaac
Glynn Llywelyn Isaac (19 November 1937 – 5 October 1985) was a South African archaeologist who specialised in the very early prehistory of Africa, and was one of twin sons born to botanists William Edwyn Isaac and Frances Margaret Leighton.
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Gregory Rift
The Gregory Rift (Ufa la Gregori, in Swahili) is the eastern branch of the East African Rift fracture system.
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Hand axe
A hand axe (or handaxe or Acheulean hand axe) is a prehistoric stone tool with two faces that is the longest-used tool in human history.
Hominini
The Hominini (hominins) form a taxonomic tribe of the subfamily Homininae (hominines).
Homo erectus
Homo erectus (meaning "upright man") is an extinct species of archaic human from the Pleistocene, with its earliest occurrence about 2 million years ago. Olorgesailie and Homo erectus are Lower Paleolithic and prehistoric Kenya.
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Human
Humans (Homo sapiens, meaning "thinking man") or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus Homo.
Jebel Irhoud
Jebel Irhoud or Adrar n Ighoud (Adrar n Iɣud; جبل إيغود, Moroccan Arabic), is an archaeological site located just north of the locality known as Tlet Ighoud, approximately south-east of the city of Safi in Morocco. Olorgesailie and Jebel Irhoud are Paleoanthropological sites and Pleistocene paleontological sites of Africa.
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John Walter Gregory
John Walter Gregory,, (27 January 1864 – 2 June 1932) was a British geologist and explorer, known principally for his work on glacial geology and on the geography and geology of Australia and East Africa.
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Kenya
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa.
Lake Magadi
Lake Magadi is the southernmost lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley, lying in a catchment of faulted volcanic rocks, north of Tanzania's Lake Natron.
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Lava
Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface.
Louis Leakey
Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (7 August 1903 – 1 October 1972) was a Kenyan-British palaeoanthropologist and archaeologist whose work was important in demonstrating that humans evolved in Africa, particularly through discoveries made at Olduvai Gorge with his wife, fellow palaeoanthropologist Mary Leakey.
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Lower Paleolithic
The Lower Paleolithic (or Lower Palaeolithic) is the earliest subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age.
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Mary Leakey
Mary Douglas Leakey, FBA (née Nicol, 6 February 1913 – 9 December 1996) was a British paleoanthropologist who discovered the first fossilised Proconsul skull, an extinct ape which is now believed to be ancestral to humans.
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Mount Longonot
Mount Longonot is a stratovolcano located southeast of Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya, Africa.
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Mount Suswa
Mount Suswa is a shield volcano in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya.
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Nairobi
Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya.
National Museums of Kenya
The National Museums of Kenya (NMK) is a state corporation that manages museums, sites and monuments in Kenya.
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Nature (journal)
Nature is a British weekly scientific journal founded and based in London, England.
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NPR
National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.
Obsidian
Obsidian is a naturally occurring volcanic glass formed when lava extruded from a volcano cools rapidly with minimal crystal growth.
Paleontology
Paleontology, also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present).
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Prisoner of war
A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.
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Quartzite
Quartzite is a hard, non-foliated metamorphic rock which was originally pure quartz sandstone.
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Rick Potts
Richard B. Potts is a paleoanthropologist and has been the director of the Smithsonian Institution Museum of Natural History's Human Origins Program since 1985.
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Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution, or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge." Founded on August 10, 1846, it operates as a trust instrumentality and is not formally a part of any of the three branches of the federal government.
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Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy is a branch of geology concerned with the study of rock layers (strata) and layering (stratification).
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The Atlantic
The Atlantic is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher.
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Trachyte
Trachyte is an extrusive igneous rock composed mostly of alkali feldspar.
Volcanic ash
Volcanic ash consists of fragments of rock, mineral crystals, and volcanic glass, produced during volcanic eruptions and measuring less than 2 mm (0.079 inches) in diameter.
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See also
Archaeological sites in Kenya
- Chesowanja
- Enkapune Ya Muto
- Enkorika
- Gogo Falls
- Hyrax Hill
- Hyrax Hill Prehistoric Site and Museum
- Ileret
- Jarigole pillar site
- Jumba la Mtwana
- Kakapel Rockshelter
- Kalokol Pillar Site
- Kapthurin Formation
- Kariandusi prehistoric site
- Kiongwe
- Koobi Fora
- Lake Turkana
- Lamu
- Loikop people
- Lomekwi
- Lothagam North Pillar Site
- Mambrui
- Manda Island
- Manemanya Pillar Site
- Nataruk
- Nderit pottery
- Ngamuriak
- Ngenyn
- Njoro River Cave
- Olorgesailie
- Panga ya Saidi
- Pate Island
- Prospect Farm (Kenya)
- Ruins of Gedi
- Shanga, Pate Island
- Sirikwa culture
- Takwa
- Thimlich Ohinga
- Turkana Basin
Lower Paleolithic
- Acheulean
- Amanzi Springs archaeological site
- Cave of El Castillo
- Ceprano Man
- Ciampate del Diavolo
- Darband Cave
- Homo antecessor
- Homo erectus
- Homo habilis
- Homo heidelbergensis
- Homo rudolfensis
- Lower Paleolithic
- Madrasian culture
- Oldowan
- Olorgesailie
- Qesem cave
- Saint-Acheul
- Shiwatoo
Pleistocene paleontological sites of Africa
- Allia Bay
- Bolt's Farm
- Gondolin Cave
- Hoedjiespunt
- Ileret
- Jebel Irhoud
- KBS Tuff
- Klasies River Caves
- Koobi Fora
- Kromdraai fossil site
- Laetoli
- Mare aux Songes
- Minnaar's Cave
- Motsetsi
- Olduvai Gorge
- Olorgesailie
- Plovers Lake
- Sterkfontein
- Swartkrans
- Turkana Basin
Prehistoric Kenya
- Australopithecus afarensis
- Australopithecus anamensis
- Azania
- Homo erectus
- Homo habilis
- Homo rudolfensis
- KBS Tuff
- KNM ER 3733
- KNM WT 17000
- KNM-ER 1813
- KNM-ER 406
- KNM-ER 992
- Kenyanthropus
- Koobi Fora
- Malindi Kingdom
- Menouthias
- Nacholapithecus
- Olorgesailie
- Orrorin
- Paranthropus aethiopicus
- Turkana Boy
- Urewe
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olorgesailie
Also known as Mount Olorgesailie.