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. 2005 Apr 13;102(17):6231–6236. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0501947102

Table 1. The known global sample of proboscidean kill/scavenge sites.

Site and locality Country Latitude Longitude Phase Age Taxon
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.