Table 1. The known global sample of proboscidean kill/scavenge sites.
Site and locality | Country | Latitude | Longitude | Phase | Age | Taxon |
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FLK North Upper Bed I | Tanzania | 3° S | 35° E | LP | 1.7-1.8 ma | Elephas recki |
FLK North Lower Bed II | Tanzania | 3° S | 35° E | LP | 1.2-1.7 ma | Deinotherium sp. |
Barogali | Djibouti | 11° N | 42° E | LP | 1.3-1.6 ma | E. recki |
Olorgesaille Member I Site 15 | Kenya | 2° S | 36° E | LP | .974-.992 ma | E. recki |
Mwanganda's Village | Malawi | 10° S | 34° E | LP | 0.6-1.2 ma (?) | Elephas sp. (?) |
Gesher Benot Ya'aqov | Israel | 33.0° N | 35.6° E | LP | ca. 750 ka | E. antiquus |
Notarchirico | Italy | 41° N | 16° E | LP | 600-740 ka | E. antiquus |
Aridos I | Spain | 40.3° N | 3.5° W | LP | 300-500 ka (?) | E. antiquus |
Aridos II | Spain | 40.3° N | 3.5° W | LP | 300-500 ka (?) | E. antiquus |
Ealing | U.K. | 51.5° N | 0.3° W | LP (?) | 300-500 ka (?) | Elephas sp. |
Ambrona | Spain | 41° N | 2.5° W | LP | 200-400 ka (?) | E. antiquus |
Torralba | Spain | 41° N | 2.5° W | LP | 200-400 ka (?) | E. antiquus |
La Cotte de St. Brelade Level 3 | U.K. | 49.2° N | 2.3° W | MP | 120-200 ka | Mammuthus primigenius |
La Cotte de St. Brelade Level 6 | U.K. | 49.2° N | 2.3° W | MP | 120-200 ka | M. primigenius |
Lehringen | Germany | 52.8° N | 9.5° E | MP | ca. 120 ka | E. antiquus |
Gröbern | Germany | 51.8° N | 12.5° E | MP | ca. 120 ka | E. antiquus |
Lake Nojiri | Japan | 36.8° N | 138.2° E | UP (?) | 33-39 ka | Elephas naumanni |
Nowa Huta | Poland | 50° N | 20° E | UP | 35 ka (?) | M. primigenius |
Skaratki | Poland | 52.0° N | 19.8° E | UP (?) | 29-32 ka (?) | M. primigenius |
Halich | Ukraine | 49.1° N | 24.7° E | UP | 20-24 ka | M. primigenius |
Shikaevka II | Russia | 56.3° N | 66.4° E | UP | 18 ka | M. primigenius |
Lugovskoye | Russia | 61.0° N | 68.5° E | UP | ca. 13.5 ka | M. primigenius |
Hebior | U.S.A. | 43° N | 88° W | PI | 12.5 ka | M. primigenius |
Taima-Taima | Venezuela | 11° N | 70° W | PI | 12.5 ka (?) | Haplomastodon sp. |
Colby | U.S.A. | 44.0° N | 107.9° W | PI | 11.2 ka | Mammuthus columbi |
Domebo | U.S.A. | 35.0° N | 98.4° W | PI | 11.1 ka | Mammuthus imperator |
Lubbock Lake | U.S.A. | 33.6° N | 101.9° W | PI | ca. 11 ka | M. columbi |
Blackwater Draw Mammoth Pit | U.S.A. | 34.3° N | 103.3° W | PI | ca. 11 ka | M. columbi |
Blackwater Draw El Llano Dig No. 1 | U.S.A. | 34.3° N | 103.3° W | PI | ca. 11 ka | M. columbi |
Escapule | U.S.A. | 31.6° N | 110.2° W | PI | ca. 11 ka | M. columbi |
Kimmswick | U.S.A. | 38.4° N | 90.4° W | PI | ca. 11 ka | Mammut americanum |
Miami | U.S.A. | 35.6° N | 100.6° W | PI | ca. 11 ka | M. columbi |
Naco | U.S.A. | 31.4° N | 109.9° W | PI | ca. 11 ka | M. columbi |
Lehner | U.S.A. | 31.3° N | 110.1° W | PI | 10.9 ka | M. columbi |
Murray Springs | U.S.A. | 31.6° N | 110.2° W | PI | 10.9 ka | M. columbi |
Lange-Ferguson | U.S.A. | 43° N | 103° W | PI | 10.8 ka | Mammuthus sp. |
Dent | U.S.A. | 40.3° N | 104.8° W | PI | 10.8 ka | M. columbi |
Iztapan I | Mexico | 19° N | 99° W | PI | 10-11 ka (?) | M. imperator |
Iztapan II | Mexico | 19° N | 99° W | PI | 10-11 ka (?) | M. imperator |
Taguatagua-II | Chile | 34.5° S | 71.2° W | PI | 10.3 ka | Stegomastodon humboldti |
Zoo Park | Namibia | 22.5° S | 17.1° E | LSA | 10 ka (?) | Loxodonta sp. (?) |
Ages <40,000 years B.P. are presented in radiocarbon years B.P. LP, Lower Paleolithic; MP, Middle Paleolithic; UP, Upper Paleolithic; PI, Paleoindian; LSA, Later Stone Age; (?), uncertain phase, age, or taxon.