The Prehistory of Uganda Protectorate

Originally published in 1939, this book presents the results of an eighteen-month study into the prehistory of Uganda.

T. P. O'Brien (Author)

9781107419155, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 14 August 2014

334 pages
24.6 x 18.9 x 1.8 cm, 0.6 kg

Central Africa holds a special position in archaeological circles for the information it can supply on prehistory and the development of early humanity. Originally published in 1939, this book presents the results of an eighteen-month study by O'Brien into the prehistory of Uganda. The text is illustrated with line drawings and photographs of stone hand axes from the various cultures who inhabited the region. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in prehistory and Stone Age cultures.

List of illustrations
Preface
1. The country
2. Research in Uganda prior to 1935
3. The Pleistocene succession in Uganda
4. Terminology and cultural interrelations
5. Outline of the Uganda culture sequence
6. The Kafuan pebble culture
7. The Uganda Oldowan
8. The Chellean
9. The Acheulean
10. The Levalloisian and Still Bay
11. The Uganda Tumbian
12. Uganda Mesolithic
13. Uganda Neolithic industries
14. Correlations
Appendix A. The M-horizon and its correlation with Acheulean deposits in Kenya and at Oldoway, Tanganyika
Appendix B. The mammalian fossils
Table I. Pleistocene geology and prehistory in Uganda according to E. J. Wayland
Table II. Pleistocene geology and prehistory in Uganda according to African Prehistoric Research Association
Map of Uganda
Index.

Subject Areas: Prehistoric archaeology [HDDA]