The discovery of the Lomekwi archaeological site is become an important milestone in the history of human archaeology. This archaeological site is located near the west bank of Lake Turkana in Kenya. This archeological site was discovered by the in-depth excavation by an archaeological team of Stony Brook University, United States of America. This team was led by Sonia Harmand and Jason Lewis.
The artifacts were found at the archaeological site Lomekwi 3 which is located on the western shore of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. Discovered artifacts and tools shows that the ancient hominin started use of stones to make sharp tools long before.
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01) Lomekwi is become an important archaeological site because it found the traces of human made artifacts dated back _______ million years ago. Fill the suitable option in the blank?
A) 1.3
B) 2.3
C) 3.3
D) 4.3
02) Lomekwi the archaeological site is located in which of the following country?
A) Kazakhstan
B) Kenya
C) Kiribati
D) Kosovo
03) The Lomekwi archaeological site is located on the west bank of which of following lake in Kenya?
A) Superior
B) Huron
C) Ontario
D) Turkana
04) It was reported that The traces of this archaeological site was discovered __________ . Which is the suitable option?
A) By chance
B) By planned
C) During excavation
D) By historians
05) Discovery of this archaeological site “The Lomekwi” was made by which of the following University’s archaeological team?
A) Harvard University
B) Stanford University
C) Washington Seattle University
D) Stony Brook university
06) the archaeological team of Stony Brook University discovered the Lomekwi archaeological site in which of the following year?
A) 2009
B) 2011
C) 2014
D) 2018
07) What is the name of the archaeologist who headed this archaeological teams along with Jason Lewis?
A) Maud Cunnington
B) Kathleen Kenyon
C) Sonia Harmand
D) Dorothy Garrod
08) Sonia Harmand was the famous archaeologist of which of the following country?
A) France
B) Russia
C) United States of America
D) India
09) What is the name of the second archaeologist who was the head of Lomekwi site along with Sonia Harmand and also he was the Lecturer of Anthropology and Assistant Director of the Turkana Basin Institute of Stony Brook University?
A) Howard Carter
B) Alexander Cunningham
C) Jason Lewis
D) Braj Basi Lal
10) In which month and year Sonia Harmand presented the findings of the excavation at the annual meeting of the Paleoanthropology Society?
A) One January 2015
B) One February 2015
C) On March 2015
D) On April 2015
11) Sonia Harmand published the full announcement and results of the excavation in which month and year?
A) On May 2015
B) On June 2015
C) On july 2015
D) On August 2015
12) Which of the following is an important point of the Lomekwi site?
A) Lomekwi 1
B) Lomekwi 2
C) Lomekwi 3
D) Lomekwi 4
13) Which one is the following site where around 20 well preserved artifacts have been dug up, including anvils, cores, and flakes.
A) Lomekwi
B) LOM-1
C) LOM-2
D) LOM-3
14) The tools recovered form LOM3 were generally quite _. Fill in the blank with suitable word.
A) large
B) Small
C) Extra Large
D) Extra Small
15) What is the weight of the largest discovered tool which may have been used as an anvil?
A) 5 Kg
B) 10 Kg
C) 15 Kg
D) 20 Kg
The answer are shown in Bold Letter.
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