Excavations at Hyrax Hill, Nakuru, Kenya Colony

Abstract

ALTHOUGH uncertainties in detail may still exist, the general structure of the prehistoric story of Kenya as laid down by Dr. L. S. B. Leakey is now accepted by most prehistorians. The various climatic changes that have occurred and their correlations with the more important cultures found are also clear. Following on a major pluvial phase called Gamblian and correlated with the Kenya upper palæolithic, there were two merely wet phases separated by a dryer period. These are known respectively as the Makalian and the Nakuru wet phases. They are post-palæolithic in age, and the latter is not of great antiquity.