Porc-Epic Cave, Dire Dawa, Ethiopiai
Regional Level Types | |
---|---|
Porc-Epic Cave | Cave |
Dire Dawa | Chartered City |
Ethiopia | Country |
This page is currently not sponsored. Click here to sponsor this page.
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
9° 34' 17'' North , 41° 53' 14'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Locality type:
Deposit first discovered:
1929
Köppen climate type:
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Porc-Épic Cave
The Porc-Epic Cave is located between the Afar Depression and the Somali Plateau, approximately 3 km south of Dire Dawa.
Discovered by Pierre de Chardin and Henry de Monfreid in 1929.
The cave contains fossils and stone age artificacs.
Rock Types Recorded
Note: data is currently VERY limited. Please bear with us while we work towards adding this information!
Select Rock List Type
Alphabetical List Tree DiagramList of minerals for each chemical element
References
Sort by
Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Clark, J.D., Williamson, K.D., Michels, J.W., Marean, C.A. (1984) A Middle Stone Age occupation Porc Epic cave, Dire Dawa (east-central Ethiopia). Parts I & II, The African Archaeological Review, 2, 37-71.
Assefa, Z. (2006) Faunal remains from Porc-Epic: Paleoecological and zooarchaeological investigations from a Middle Stone Age site in southeastern Ethiopia. Journal of Human Evolution, 51(1), 50-75.
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
This page contains all mineral locality references listed on mindat.org. This does not claim to be a complete list. If you know of more minerals from this site, please register so you can add to our database. This locality information is for reference purposes only. You should never attempt to
visit any sites listed in mindat.org without first ensuring that you have the permission of the land and/or mineral rights holders
for access and that you are aware of all safety precautions necessary.