Longwe culture

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The Longwe culture is attested to the Iron Age and especially in Malawi (East Africa). So far, it has only been poorly researched. The Longwe culture existed more or less simultaneously with the Kapeni culture around 1000 AD , but is attested in not so many places. It is found north and east of the Mulanje massif and in the area of ​​the lower Shire . Many of the sites also produced stone tools, and it is believed that the people of the Longwe culture were still largely hunters and gatherers , but who also produced ceramics . Longwe ceramics differ significantly from that of the Kapeni culture.

literature

  • Yusuf M. Juwayeyi: Iron age settlement and substence patterns in southern Malawi. In: Thurstan Shaw , Paul Sinclair, Bassey W. Andah, Alex Okpoko (Eds.): The Archeology of Africa. Food, metals and towns (= One World Archeology. Vol. 20). Routledge, London et al. 1993, ISBN 0-415-11585-X , pp. 391-398, here p. 396.