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| Alternative names | Elmenteitan Culture |
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| Geographical range | Kenya, Africa |
| Period | Neolithic |
| Dates | c. 3300-1200 BP |
| Type site | Gamble's Cave |
| Major sites | Gamble's Cave, Ngamuriak, Gogo Falls, Njoro River Cave |
| Preceded by | Later Stone Age peoples |
| Followed by | Pastoral Iron Age peoples |
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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.
- ^ 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) - ^ Robertshaw, Peter (1988). "The Elmenteitan: an early food-producing culture in East Africa". World Archaeology. 20: 57–69. doi:10.1080/00438243.1988.9980056.