Ngalue
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Ngalue Cave is an archaeological site located in the Niassa province of Mozambique. Excavated primarily by Julio Mercader in 2007, Ngalue is a Middle Stone Age site. Due to its relatively dry environment and the shape of the cave, Ngalue had very good preservation and not only were stone tools and animal bones found. There were preserved starch grains on many of the stone tools as well. Overall, this site can help add to our knowledge of the Middle Stone Age site in the Niassa valley and to our understanding of the subsistence of Middle Stone Age peoples in Eastern Africa as a whole.
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Ngalue cave
Mozambique,
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Location: -12.515, 35.119, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
1 places
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Ngalue ⓘ
Archaeological site in Mozambique
- Initial excavation and dating of Ngalue Cave: A Middle Stone Age site along the Niassa Rift, Mozambique - scientific article (publication date: July 2009), Q1860
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| site | cave | Ngalue | archaeological site, cave | Wikidata | |