caa a22 4500 605448663 CHVBK 20210128100138.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10437-014-9170-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10437-014-9170-7 Masao Fidelis College of Humanities, Department of Archaeology and Heritage, University of Dar es Salaam, P.O.Box 35050, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania aut Characterizing Archaeological Assemblages from Eastern Lake Natron, Tanzania: Results of Fieldwork Conducted in the Area [Elektronische Daten] [Fidelis Masao] 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. The Author(s), 2015 Eastern Lake Natron nationallicence MSA/LSA mixed industry nationallicence Chert nationallicence African Archaeological Review Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 32/1(2015-03-01), 137-162 0263-0338 32:1<137 2015 32 10437 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-014-9170-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-014-9170-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Masao Fidelis College of Humanities, Department of Archaeology and Heritage, University of Dar es Salaam, P.O.Box 35050, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- African Archaeological Review Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 32/1(2015-03-01), 137-162 0263-0338 32:1<137 2015 32 10437