The Lupemban is the name given by
archaeologists to a central
Africa
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culture
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which, though once thought to date between c. 30,000 and 12,000 BC, is now generally recognised to be far older (dates of c. 300,000 have been obtained from Twin Rivers,
Zambia
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are t ...
and Muguruk,
Kenya
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, respectively). The industry is characterised by the occurrence of bi-facially flaked
lanceolate
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points. It has been postulated that Lupemban tools, being generally distributed within the modern day
Congo forest belt, may have been adapted to woodworking. The lanceolate points are commonly interpreted as being the surviving elements of composite spears.
Activity sites include:
Kalambo Falls and
Dundo
Dundo, or Dundo-Chitato, is a former mining town, with a population of 177,604 (2014), now a city and the provincial capital of Lunda Norte in Angola. Established in the early part of the 20th century as a planned diamond mining community, Dundo ...
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References
Middle Stone Age cultures
Archaeology of Central Africa
Archaeology of Eastern Africa
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