Lowasera

A beach site on the eastern shore of Lake Turkana (formerly Lake Rudolf) in northern Kenya, formed between the 9th-4th millennia BC. The site was occupied from at least the 7th millennium BC by people who produced both microlithic and macrolithic implements and depended for their livelihood on fish caught by means of barbed bone harpoons similar to those from Early Khartoum. The early pottery at Lowasera was of wavy-line style; the later pottery was undecorated. Occupation continued until after the retreat of the lake at the end of the 4th millennium BC.

A site lying on an old beach line, 80 metres above the present water-level on the eastern shore of Lake Turkana (formerly Lake Rudolf) in northern Kenya. The beach was formed between the 9th and the 4th millennia be, during a period when the lake waters stood at a high level and apparently maintained an overflow north-westwards to the Nile. The site was occupied from at least the 7th millennium by people who produced both microlithic and macrolithic implements and depended for their livelihood on fish caught by means of barbed bone harpoons akin to those from Early Khartoum and related sites. The earlier pottery at Lowasera was of wavy-line style; the later pottery was undecorated. This occupation continued until after the retreat of the lake at the end of the 4th millennium be.