Kalambo Falls Prehistoric Site Explained

Kalambo Prehistoric Site
Map Type:Tanzania
Relief:yes
Coordinates:-8.5833°N 31.2333°W
Location:Kalambo District,
Rukwa Region,
Type:Prehistoric Settlement
Archaeologists:John Desmond Clark
Condition:Endangered
Ownership:Tanzanian Government
Management:Antiquities Division, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism [1]
Designation1:NHST
Designation1 Offname:Kalambo Falls Prehistoric Site
Designation1 Type:Cultural

The Kalambo Falls Prehistoric Sites (Eneo la kale la maporomoko ya Kalambo in Swahili) is an archaeological site in Kapele ward in Kalambo District inside Rukwa Region of Tanzania. Professor John Desmond Clark explored the site from 1956 to 1959. Excavations in the lakebeds uncovered a stone age sequence from the early stone age to the iron age, with the majority of it stratified in residential floors.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Antiquities Division. 21 Jul 2022.
  2. Web site: Kalambo Prehistoric site. unesco.org. 2022-06-01.
  3. Gabel, Creighton. The International Journal of African Historical Studies, vol. 35, no. 2/3, 2002, pp. 543–46. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/3097663. Accessed 11 Jun. 2022.