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Hippo and Artefact Site - HAS; FxJj-3

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Site Typeanimal processing DescriptionLocated on an outcrop of KBS tuff in a paleochannel, this site is a cluster of fractured stone within a paleosol unit with a diameter of 5-6m. The artifacts are all recovered from 20-40cm of sediment, but this is believed to be one horizon. There are 9 units, numbered 1-8b (8a, 8b). This may be an Oldowan age butchery site. Lithics consist largely of flkes and broken flakes (Table 3.4 in publication) and faunal remains, including a hippopotamus (Table 3.5 in publication). This site is 1km south of the Kay Behrensmeyer Site (FxJj-1).
Site Name Hippo and Artefact Site Alternate Site Name HAS; FxJj-3 Site Type animal processing Description
Located on an outcrop of KBS tuff in a paleochannel, this site is a cluster of fractured stone within a paleosol unit with a diameter of 5-6m. The artifacts are all recovered from 20-40cm of sediment, but this is…
Located on an outcrop of KBS tuff in a paleochannel, this site is a cluster of fractured stone within a paleosol unit with a diameter of 5-6m. The artifacts are all recovered from 20-40cm of sediment, but this is believed to be one horizon. There are 9 units, numbered 1-8b (8a, 8b). This may be an Oldowan age butchery site. Lithics consist largely of flkes and broken flakes (Table 3.4 in publication) and faunal remains, including a hippopotamus (Table 3.5 in publication). This site is 1km south of the Kay Behrensmeyer Site (FxJj-1).

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"Site Details - Hippo and Artefact Site - HAS; FxJj-3, Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/7-119/17-2079. Accessed 31 Aug. 2025.

Publications

Author Plummer, Thomas
Title Flaked stones and old bones: Biological and cultural evolution at the dawn of technology
Publication Date 2004-12-16
Author Isaacs, Glynn Ll. John W. K. Harris, Zefe M. Kaufulu
Title Koobi Fora Research Project: Plio-Pleistocene Archaeology
Publication Date 1997

Site Information

There are 2 specimens from this Item Group

979.20.15 - flake

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typeflake Place CollectedAfrica: Kenya, Eastern Turkana

979.20.16 - chopper

Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection

Object Typechopper Place CollectedAfrica: Kenya, Eastern Turkana