The Tsavo Lions

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A rockshelter believed to have inhabited by the Taita agropatraloists fleeing slave raiders from the coast in the 17th century. This will be excavated next year by Chap and Sibel.

These sites fall into four primary macropatterns. They include (1) Hillslope Agropastoralist Villages; (2) Forager-Food Producer Rockshelter Occupations (3) Plains Mound Settlements; and (4) Plains Rock Outcrop Activity Areas. They have excavated two rockshelters containing wild faunal remains, stone and metal tools, and Coastal beadwork and shells. They hypothesize that Tsavo communities and individuals used alliances, competition, and intensification to increase their participation in trade. These strategies may have caused ecological disruption through overexploitation of the elephant.

Chap and Sibel will continue conducting extensive excavations and mapping exercises. Their research is supported by The National Science Foundation.

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