Cultural, economic, and settlement shifts over the last 9,000 years at Kakapel Rockshelter, Western Kenya

Steven T. Goldstein, Natalie G. Mueller, Emma Finestone, Elizabeth A. Sawchuk, Sara Juengst, Anthony Odera Otwani, Jennifer M. Miller, Michelle C. Langley, Ricardo Fernandes, Axel Steinhof, Victor Iminjili, Christine Chepkorir, Anneke Janzen, Christine Ogola, Emmanuel Ndiema, Michael Petraglia, Nicole Boivin

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0328805
Published: 2025-08-20
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pone.0328805,
  title = {Cultural, economic, and settlement shifts over the last 9,000 years at Kakapel Rockshelter, Western Kenya},
  author = {Steven T. Goldstein and Natalie G. Mueller and Emma Finestone and Elizabeth A. Sawchuk and Sara Juengst and Anthony Odera Otwani and Jennifer M. Miller and Michelle C. Langley and Ricardo Fernandes and Axel Steinhof and Victor Iminjili and Christine Chepkorir and Anneke Janzen and Christine Ogola and Emmanuel Ndiema and Michael Petraglia and Nicole Boivin},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {PLOS One},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0328805},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0328805}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Cultural, economic, and settlement shifts over the last 9,000 years at Kakapel Rockshelter, Western Kenya
AU  - Steven T. Goldstein
AU  - Natalie G. Mueller
AU  - Emma Finestone
AU  - Elizabeth A. Sawchuk
AU  - Sara Juengst
AU  - Anthony Odera Otwani
AU  - Jennifer M. Miller
AU  - Michelle C. Langley
AU  - Ricardo Fernandes
AU  - Axel Steinhof
AU  - Victor Iminjili
AU  - Christine Chepkorir
AU  - Anneke Janzen
AU  - Christine Ogola
AU  - Emmanuel Ndiema
AU  - Michael Petraglia
AU  - Nicole Boivin
PY  - 2025
JO  - PLOS One
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pone.0328805
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Goldstein, S. T., Mueller, N. G., Finestone, E., Sawchuk, E. A., Juengst, S., Otwani, A. O., Miller, J. M., Langley, M. C., Fernandes, R., Steinhof, A., Iminjili, V., Chepkorir, C., Janzen, A., Ogola, C., Ndiema, E., Petraglia, M., & Boivin, N. (2025). Cultural, economic, and settlement shifts over the last 9,000 years at Kakapel Rockshelter, Western Kenya. PLOS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0328805

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