PLIOPLEISTOCENE SITES FROM NACHUKUI FORMA TION, WEST OF LAKE TURKANA,KENYA

Several new Plio-Pleistocene archaeological sites have been discovered on the west side of the northern half of Lake Turkana. Those sites ar e well stratified within the Nachukui Formation, already known for the discovery of several important hominid specimens. The discovery and t he age of these locations expand the inventory of sites in the Turkana Basin dated prior to and after 2 Ma. More important is the fact that it is the first time a sequence spreading from 2.4 Ma to about 0.7 Ma has been discovered in one region with a substantial number of archaeo logical sites.