Stone Cairn Burials at Kokormatakore

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Title:	Stone Cairn Burials at Kokormatakore
Authors:	Stiles, Daniel N. Munro Hay, S.C.
Year:	1981
Periodical:	Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa
Volume:	16
Pages:	151-166
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Kenya
Subjects:	prehistoric graves Anthropology and Archaeology Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
External link:	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00672708109511289
Abstract:	Cairns and other drystone structures, most or all funerary, are the commonest class of monement in eastern Africa, but very few have been investigated archaeologically. An exception are the archaeological excavations of stone cairn burials conducted at Kokurmatakore, a lava cobble and boulder-strewn hill approximately 500 m east of Kalacha villaqe, in Marsabit district, northern Kenya, in August-September 1979 and March 1980. Six stone structures of varying styles have been excavated and all six were found to contain human burials. Fig., pl., ref.