Bambata is a complex of archaeological cultures in a cave of the same name in Southern Rhodesia (Africa), dating back to about 4 thousand BC.
Research and Artifacts [1]
Caves have been actively explored since 1918.
Famous researchers:
- A. Johnson.
- N. Johnson.
- L. Armstrong
- N. Johnson.
In the lower layers, quartzite tools were found, which are attributed to the "Rhodesian", "Protostillbeian" Paleolithic culture.
In the upper layers were found - tools with traces of squeezing retouching.
Artifacts indicate a long stay in this cave of the ancestors of modern Bushmen.
In the cave of Bambata [2] were found balls and pieces of yellow ocher, brown and red hematite, and tools such as “pencils”, traces of their use for painting the rock surface were also found, and the drawings made by this “pastel” of the Stone Age (made by yellow) survived paint). The drawings are devoted to the image of animals, mainly antelopes.
Notes
Literature
Jones N., The prehistory of Southern Rhodesia, Camb., 1949. Aliman A., Prehistoric Africa, M., 1960