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TRADITION SUMMARY: WEST AFRICAN LATE STONE AGE

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The West African Late Stone Age Tradition is located in sub-Saharan West Africa beginning earlier than 13,000, perhaps as early as 30,000 BP, and continuing to 4000 BP. The people were mobile hunter-gatherers; during the Holocene there is extensive evidence for fishing, especially along the Niger River. They used stone and bone tools, including microlithic stone technology. Late in the tradition the people began using pottery, and there was increased use of oil-rich seeds and the fruit of the oil palm where available.

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