Jarigole pillar site
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title:
Jarigole pillar site
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The Jarigole pillar site is one of the megalithic communal cemetery sites in Lake Turkana Basin in Northern Kenya associated with the Pastoral Neolithic period. The site is located on the eastern shores of Lake Turkana in the southeastern edge of the Sibiloi National Park. Situated in a recessional beach which is 70 m (230 ft) above the 1973 lake level, the site includes oval platforms >1,000 m (11,000 sq ft) with a circular mound, and 28 basalt pillars each weighing about 200 kg (440 lb) and
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Communal cemetery in Lake Turkana Basin, Northern Kenya
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarigole_pillar_site
date created:
2023-11-29T23:31:31Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T16:21:32Z
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