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ArticlePloS one2023

The archaeological potential of the northern Luangwa Valley, Zambia: The Luwumbu basin.

A Burke, M Bisson, F Schilt, S Tolan, J Museba, M S M Drapeau, J C Aleman, M C Peros

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A BurkeDept. d'Anthropologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7033-7798
M BissonAnthropology Dept., McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.
F SchiltInterdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behavior (ICArEHB), FCHS, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
S TolanChipembele Conservation Centre, Mfuwe, Zambia.
J MusebaNational Heritage Conservation Commission, Northern Region, Kasama, Zambia.
M S M DrapeauDept. d'Anthropologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
J C AlemanCNRS, IRD, INRA Coll France, CEREGE, Aix Marseille Univ, Aix-en-Provence, France.
M C PerosDepartment of Environment and Geography, Bishop's University, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.

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The Luangwa Basin, Zambia, which forms part of the Zambezi drainage, is strategically located between the Central African plateau and the East African Rift system. The Luangwa River and major tributaries, such as the Luwumbu River, are perennial water sources supporting essential resources that sustain human communities and a rich and diverse fauna and flora. The archaeological record of Luangwa is relatively unknown, despite early archaeological exploration hinting at its potential. Recent research in the southern Luangwa valley, however, suggests that it preserves a long record of hominin occupation spanning the Early to Late Stone Age. The research described here details fieldwork carried out in northeastern Luangwa, in the Luwumbu Basin, that confirms that a relatively deep package of Quaternary deposits, containing evidence of the Stone Age occupation of the region persists in the upper piedmont zone.

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