Enkapune Ya Muto

Enkapune Ya Muto

Enkapune Ya Muto or Twilight Cave is a Late Stone Age site in Mau Escarpment of Kenya. Beads made of perforated ostrich egg shells found at the site have been dated to 40,000 years ago. The beads found at the site are represent some of the earliest known personal ornaments.

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*cite journal
title=Hunter to herder: large mammal remains from the hunter-gatherer occupation at Enkapune Ya Muto rock-shelter, Central Rift, Kenya
doi=10.1007/BF01117697
year=1992
url=http://www.springerlink.com/content/g00l340q07p4g206/
* [http://archaeology.about.com/od/eterms/g/enkapune_ya_mut.htm Enkapune Ya Muto (Kenya)]
*cite journal
title=Chronology of the Later Stone Age and Food Production in East Africa
doi=10.1006/jasc.1997.0277
year=1997
url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WH8-45J568C-2G&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=9d5e7c08497c7ef6100038729e4f09d7


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