Ishango
Lakeshore site where the Semliki River leaves Lake Edward, DR Congo. Hunter-fisher-gatherers left barbed bone harpoons, masses of fish bone and the notched Ishango bone.
Dated events and their evidence
- 23,000 BCE mainstream
Early Later Stone Age layer with bone harpoons and human remains begins, about 25 ka source - 18,000 BCE mainstream
End of the early Later Stone Age occupation, about 20 ka source
Where
0.1270° S, 29.6004° E
Sources
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