What is Nataruk?
{{complex|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox ancient site | name = Nataruk | native_name = | alternate_name = | image = 2. Excavations at NATARUK.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = The site of Nataruk taken during excavations | map_type = Kenya | map_alt = | map_caption = Location in Kenya | map_size = | altitude_m = | altitude_ref = | relief = yes | location = [[Turkana County]], Kenya | region = [[Lake Turkana]] | type = | part_of = | length = | width = | area = | height = | builder = | material = | built = | abandoned = | epochs = | cultures = | dependency_of = | occupants = | discovered = 2012 | event = | excavations = from 2012 | archaeologists = [[Marta Mirazón Lahr]] | condition = | ownership = | management = | public_access = | website = | notes = Dated to 9,500–10,500 [[Before Present|BP]]<br>(7,550–8,550 BC) }} Nataruk is a [[Prehistory|prehistoric]] battle site in Kenya. It is located just southwest of [[Lake Turkana]]. It has the bones of people. The bones are from the second oldest battle in [[human history]]. The date is about c.7,550–8,550 BC.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mirazón Lahr|first=M.|last2=Rivera|first2=F.|last3=Power|first3=R. K.|last4=Mounier|first4=A.|last5=Copsey|first5=B.|last6=Crivellaro|first6=F.|last7=Edung|first7=J. E.|last8=Maillo Fernandez|first8=J. M.|last9=Kiarie|first9=C.|last10=Lawrence|first10=J.|last11=Leakey|first11=A.|date=2016-01-21|title=Inter-group violence among early Holocene hunter-gatherers of West Turkana, Kenya.|url=https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/253726|journal=Nature|language=English|pages=394–398|issn=0028-0836}}</ref> This battle used arrows and clubs. East of Turkana and near Nataruk, there was the [[Lake Turkana]]. The lake is much larger than now. It was important for food: many fish, flamingos, deer, and other animals. The area was full of [[Natural resource|resources]] for the [[Hunter-gatherer|hunter gatherers]]. They left lots of [[pottery]], fishing tools, nets, etc. ==Discovery== When [[archaeologists]