Diskussion:Kapeni-Kultur
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Malowa rockshelter 660±50 (1290 a.d.)
Longwe pottery is the earliest pottery type recovered at Malowa. The two dates from this site correspond with some of the older dates known for Mawudzu pottery. The date from Midirna rockshelter dates both Longwe and Kapeni pottery. It falls within the same range as the date obtained by Robinson at Nasiyaya site. No Nkope sherds were recovered from both Malowa and Midima rockshelter.
Should current research in other areas produce dates for Longwe pottery consistent with those from Midima and North-East of the Mulanje Plateau, there will be need to re-examine fully our state of knowledge with respect to Late Iron Age population movements in the area as well as to the well known pottery sequence of Southern Malawi, for the available dates are acceptable for both Longwe and Kapeni pottery. The earliest carbon-14 date for Kapeni pottery on the Shire Highlands is 920 a.d. (Juwayeyi, 198 1: 155). Since Kapeni and Longwe pottery do not even closely resemble each other, these carbon-14 dates are probably an indication that the two types of pottery were made by two diffemt groups of people who, however, co-existed in the same area.
Although Longwe pottery is believed to resemble some pottery observed at Angoche Island nearly 300 kilometers to the east of our research area (Robinson, 1977:35), it is still too early to speculate on the origins of the makers of this pottery. Long awaited dates from the Lower Shire and the Ntaja-Namwera areas may help to clarify the Kapeni-Longwe relationship. For the time being however, Longwe pottery is fairly well established on the well known Southern Malawi pottery sequence.
References Cole-King, P.A. Kukumba Mbiri Mu Malawi: a Swnmary of Archaeological research to March, 1973. Department of Antiqui- ties Pub. No. 15.
Denbow, J.R. 1973 Malowa Rockshelter: Archaeological Report.Occasiona1 Papers ZI. Depart- ment of Antiquities Pub. No. 14: 5-49.
Juwayeyi, Y.M. 1981 The Later Prehistory of Southern Malawi: A Contribution to the study of Technology and Economy during the Later Stone Age and Iron Age Periods. Ph.D. thesis in Anthropology. University of California, Berkeley.
Robinson, K.R. 1977 Iron Age Occupation North and East of the Mulanje Plateau, Malawi. Department of Antiquities. Pub. No. 17.
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