The first stone artefacts to be found in situ within the Plio-Pleistocene Chiwondo Beds in northern Malawi

Abstract

We describe the attributes and sedimentary context of an assemblage of stone artefacts recovered from Plio-Pleistocene deposits in northern Malawi. The assemblage was excavated from a palaeogully fill located within the Chiwondo Beds. It includes flaked pebbles and pebble fragments, flakes, and flake fragments. These currently provide the earliest evidence for the presence of hominids in Malawi and in the whole of the south central African region.