Enkapune Ya Muto
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Enkapune Ya Muto, also known as Twilight Cave, is a site spanning the late Middle Stone Age to the Late Stone Age on the Mau Escarpment of Kenya. This time span has allowed for further study of the transition from the Middle Stone Age to the Late Stone Age. In particular, the changes in lithic and pottery industries can be tracked over these time periods as well as transitions from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to a herding lifestyle. Beads made of perforated ostrich egg shells found at the site have been dated to 40,000 years ago. The beads found at the site represent the early human use of personal ornaments. Inferences pertaining to climate and environment changes during the pre-Holocene and Holocene period have been made based from faunal remains based in this site.
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Location: 0.6464, 36.0542, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Enkapune Ya Muto ⓘ
Archaeological site in Kenya
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| site | cave | Enkapune Ya Muto | rock shelter, archaeological site, cave | Wikidata | |