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Porc-Epic Cave, Dire Dawa, Ethiopiai
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Porc-Epic CaveCave
Dire DawaChartered City
EthiopiaCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
9° 34' 17'' North , 41° 53' 14'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
9.57149,41.88732
GeoHash:
G#: scty3nmmv
GRN:
N07E29
Type:
Cave
Deposit first discovered:
1929
Köppen climate type:
BSh : Hot semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Dire Dawa252,279 (2015)3.3km
Harar90,218 (2013)38.2km
Deder8,884 (2013)56.6km
Mindat Locality ID:
417083
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:417083:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
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.

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African Plate
Somali PlateTectonic Plate

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References

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.
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