Nderit pottery
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Initially known as ceramic tradition "Gumban A," these clay vessels are now popularly known as Nderit Pottery.[1]The burial sites containing fragments of Nderit Ware were initially unearthed by Louis Leakey in the 1930's.[1]Nderit Pottery was first located in the Central Rift Valley of Kenya.[1]Stylistic characteristics of Nderit Pottery discovered in the Central Rift Valley include an exterior decoration of basket-like and triangular markings into the clay’s surface.[1]The vessels here also have intensely scored interiors that do not appear to follow a distinct pattern.[1] Nderit Ware exemplifies the transition from Saharan wavy-line early Holocene pottery towards the basket-like designs of the middle Holocene.[2] Lipid residue found on Nderit Pottery can be used to analyze the food products stored in them by early pastoralist societies.[3]
Archaeological Sites
Burial sites where Nderit Pottery was unearthed by Louis Leakey include Hyrax Hill, Stable’s Drift, and Makalisa Burial Site.[1] Another site containing Nderit Pottery was found by John Bartheleme and is located east of Lake Turkana.[1] Lawrence H. Robbins' discoveries within the Turkana District of Kenya, detailed in 1972, display pottery sherds with Nderit pottery’s distinct internal scoring and basket-like exteriors.[4] Robbins’ Nderit artifacts span throughout the lower Turkwel and Kerio river valleys.[4] Nderit pottery with surrounding lake sediment that could be dated back to 4800 years was found at Kangatotha, a site near Turkwel.[4] Within the Jarigole archeological site, which was a communal cemetery near Lake Turkana, highly decorated Nderit pottery was unearthed with diverse items for personal ornamentation.[3] A multitude of the ceramics found at Jarigole had exteriors decorated with the basket-like impressions along with others adorned with ripple and geometric impressions.[3] Another site containing Nderit ceramics and sherds is Dongodien, which lies north of the Jarigole site.[3] The sherds unearthed at Dongodien also contain lipid-bearing residues.[3]
Bibliography
- ^ a b c d e f g Grillo, Katherine M.; McKeeby, Zachary; Hildebrand, Elisabeth A. (2020-11-XX). ""Nderit Ware" and the origins of pastoralist pottery in eastern Africa". Quaternary International: S104061822030344X. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2020.06.032.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Hildebrand, Elisabeth A.; Grillo, Katherine M.; Sawchuk, Elizabeth A.; Pfeiffer, Susan K.; Conyers, Lawrence B.; Goldstein, Steven T.; Hill, Austin Chad; Janzen, Anneke; Klehm, Carla E.; Helper, Mark; Kiura, Purity (2018-09-04). "A monumental cemetery built by eastern Africa's first herders near Lake Turkana, Kenya". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115 (36): 8942–8947. doi:10.1073/pnas.1721975115. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 6130363. PMID 30127016.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link) - ^ a b c d e Grillo, Katherine M.; Dunne, Julie; Marshall, Fiona; Prendergast, Mary E.; Casanova, Emmanuelle; Gidna, Agness O.; Janzen, Anneke; Karega-Munene; Keute, Jennifer; Mabulla, Audax Z. P.; Robertshaw, Peter (2020-05-05). "Molecular and isotopic evidence for milk, meat, and plants in prehistoric eastern African herder food systems". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117 (18): 9793–9799. doi:10.1073/pnas.1920309117. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 7211989. PMID 32284419.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link) - ^ a b c Robbins, Lawrence H. (1972). "Archeology in the Turkana District, Kenya". Science. 176 (4033): 359–366. ISSN 0036-8075.
Category:Great Rift Valley Category:Pastoralists Category: Archaeological sites in Africa Category: Archaeological sites in Kenya Category: African archaeology Category:Lake Turkana Category:Pottery
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