1938.17.50

Collection type

Object

Description

Stone tool, hand axe

Long description

Stone tool, hand axe. The stone is dark brown in colour. [MJD (Verve) 18/4/2016]

Geographical reference

Uganda

Africa > Eastern Africa > Uganda

Kagera Valley Nsongezi

Person

Field collector Edward James Wayland

PRM source Edward James Wayland

Date / Period

Archaeological period: Early Stone Age, uncertain

Date collected

By 1938

Acquisition information

Donated: 1938

Materials and processes

Material Stone, Process Flaked

Dimensions

Length: max 179 mm, Thick: max 49 mm, Width: max 87 mm, Weight 607 g

Object numbers

Accession number: 1938.17.50

Associated publications

Nsongezi may refer to the occupation site, or the Nsongezi Rock Shelter - and in this case it is probably the former, which has produced Early and Middle Stone Age material. [Dan Hicks 3/3/2017] According to Nelson and Posnansky, "The [Nsongezi] rock shelter is situated on the northern bank of the Kagera river a kilometre above the intersection of the roads to Mbarara and Bukoba (1’4’ south, 30”45’ east). The shelter, a little over ten metres above the river, was cut by the river out of a rubble conglomerate. Most of the shelter’s floor, which is little over twelve metres in length, was excavated by Wayland, O’Brien and Van Riet Lowe between 1932 and 1937." p. 119 of Charles M. Nelson & Merrick Posnansky (1970) The Stone Tools from the Reexcavation of Nsongezi Rock Shelter, Uganda, Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa 5:1, 119-172 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00672707009511530 [Dan Hicks 3/3/2017] For Wayland's earlier excavations at nearby Magosi, see Wayland, E.J. and M.C. Burkitt 1932. The Magosian culture of Uganda. JRAI 62: 369-90. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2843964 [Dan Hicks 3/3/2017]

Search terms: Tool, Hand-axe