Elmenteitan

Elmenteitan
Lake Elmenteita satellite image
Alternative namesElmenteitan Culture
Geographical rangeKenya, Africa
PeriodNeolithic
Datesc. 3300-1200 BP
Type siteGamble's Cave
Major sitesGamble's Cave, Ngamuriak, Gogo Falls, Njoro River Cave
Preceded byLater Stone Age peoples
Followed byPastoral Iron Age peoples

The Elmenteitan culture was a prehistoric lithic industry and pottery tradition with a distinct pattern of land use, hunting and pastoralism that appeared and developed on the western plains of Kenya, East Africa during the Pastoral Neolithic c.3300-1200 BP.[1] It was named by archaeologist Louis Leakey after Lake Elmenteita (also Elementaita),[2] a soda lake located in the Great Rift Valley, about 120 km (75 mi) northwest of Nairobi.

  1. ^ Lane, Paul J. (2013-07-04). Mitchell, Peter; Lane, Paul J (eds.). The Archaeology of Pastoralism and Stock-Keeping in East Africa. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199569885.001.0001. ISBN 9780199569885. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  2. ^ Robertshaw, Peter (1988). "The Elmenteitan: an early food-producing culture in East Africa". World Archaeology. 20: 57–69. doi:10.1080/00438243.1988.9980056.