Hyrax Hill is a prehistoric site near Nakuru in the Rift Valley province of Kenya. It is a rocky spur roughly half a kilometer in length, with an elevation of 1,900 meters above sea level at its summit.[1] The site was first discovered in 1926 by Louis Leakey during excavations at the nearby Nakuru Burial Site, and Mary Leakey conducted the first major excavations between 1937 and 1938.[2] There are two distinct areas of occupation at Hyrax Hill: one which was occupied during the Pastoral Neolithic and late Iron Age, and one which was occupied by the Sirikwa earlier in the Iron Age.
Hyrax Hill is named after the hyrax, a small mammal that lives in rocky areas. Hyraxes were once common in the rocky crevasses of Hyrax Hill, but their numbers have dropped in recent years due to the rapid urbanization of the surrounding area.[3]
Hyrax Hill is the location of Hyrax Hill Prehistoric Site and Museum.
^Sutton, J. E. G. (1987). "Hyrax Hill and the Sirikwa". Azania. 22 (1): 1–36. doi:10.1080/00672708709511378.
^Leakey, Mary (1943). "Report on the excavations at Hyrax Hill, Nakuru, Kenya Colony, 1937–1938". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 30 (4): 274. doi:10.1080/00359194309519847.
^Sutton, John (1998). "Hyrax Hill and the Later Archaeology of the Central Rift Valley of Kenya". Azania. 33: 74. doi:10.1080/00672709809511465.
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