Characterizing Archaeological Assemblages from Eastern Lake Natron, Tanzania: Results of Fieldwork Conducted in the Area

dc.creator	Masao, Fidelis T.
dc.date	2016-10-07T05:41:10Z
dc.date	2016-10-07T05:41:10Z
dc.date	2015
dc.date.accessioned	2018-03-27T08:42:18Z
dc.date.available	2018-03-27T08:42:18Z
dc.description	Unlike Peninj and Monik localities in western Lake Natron, eastern Lake Natron remains an archaeological terra incognita. A brief survey of the landforms adjacent to the eastern shoreline revealed 28 Stone Age archaeological sites exhibiting technological and typological features suggestive of the Acheulean Sangoan, Middle Stone Age (MSA), and Later Stone Age (LSA) distributed in three different landforms. While the majority of the assemblages were recovered from the surface, test excavations at two sites also yielded artifacts. The majority of the assemblages are MSA, predominantly made of chert and distributed on the landscape. Although intersite typological variability is negligible, the density of artifact concentration is variable, perhaps as a result of the factors of redeposition encouraged by topographic differentials.
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4433
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4433
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	African Archaeological Review
dc.relation	32:137-162;
dc.subject	Eastern LakeNatron
dc.subject	MSA/LSAmixed industry
dc.subject	Chert
dc.title	Characterizing Archaeological Assemblages from Eastern Lake Natron, Tanzania: Results of Fieldwork Conducted in the Area
dc.type	Journal Article, Peer Reviewed

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