A Middle and Later Stone Age sequence from Iringa, southern Tanzania

Summary

Magubike rockshelter in the southern Highlands of Tanzania contains a long archaeological sequence ranging from the Middle Stone Age (MSA) through historic times. This paper describes the lithic sequence from test pit 5, which contains a 2.5 m thick cultural deposit composed of recent / historic remains, an Iron Age, a microlithic Later Stone Age (LSA), a macrolithic LSA, a transitional sequence from the MSA to the LSA and 90 cm of MSA artifacts. The later part of the sequence replicates the cultural deposits at the nearby shelter of Mlambalasi, where the microlithic LSA dates to the early Holocene and the macrolithic LSA to the late Pleistocene. The entire sequence gives a baseline for technological change at Magubike and for other sites in the Iringa region.

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• Society for American Archaeology 82nd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC (2017)

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Abstract Id(s): 14641