  Location in Kenya | |
| Location | Kenya |
|---|---|
| Region | Migori County |
| Coordinates | 0°54′S 34°35′E / 0.900°S 34.583°E |
| Altitude | 1,296 m (4,252 ft) |
| History | |
| Periods | Neolithic |
| Cultures | Elmenteitan |
| Associated with | ancient pastoralist peoples |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | since 1983 |
| Archaeologists | Karega-Munene, Samuel Kahinju[1] |
Gogo Falls is an archaeological site near a former and since 1956 dammed waterfall, located in the Lake Victoria Basin in Migori County, western Kenya.[2] This site is important to archaeology as it includes some of the earliest appearances of artifacts and domestic animals in the area.[3] The findings at the site help to reconstruct the later prehistory around Lake Victoria, including a Pastoral Neolithic occupation by Elmenteitan peoples and a later Iron Age occupation. Artifacts found at the site included pottery and iron artifacts. Through these artifacts some of the cultural traditions of the people who lived near Gogo Falls were discovered.[4]
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- ^ "Gogo Falls". Mapcarta. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
- ^ Robertshaw, Peter (February 26, 2010). "Gogo Falls Excavations at a complex archaeological site east of Lake Victoria". Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa. 26: 63–195. doi:10.1080/00672709109511425.
- ^ "Environments and trypanosomiasis risks for early herders in the later Holocene of the Lake Victoria basin, Kenya" (PDF). PNAS. Retrieved December 4, 2016.