Elmenteitan
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. It was named by archaeologist Louis Leakey after Lake Elmenteita (also Elementaita), a soda lake located in the Great Rift Valley, about 120 km (75 mi) northwest of Nairobi.
| 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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