Journal
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 27, Issue 2, Pages 151-162Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1999.0447
Keywords
archaeozoology; archaeobotany; rainforest; palaeoecology; food production; charcoal; phytoliths; Central Africa
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The faunal and botanical data from the first millennium BC site of Nkang, Southern Cameroon, are presented in this paper. The analysed material, retrieved from refuse pits, comprises charcoal, phytoliths, molluscs and animal bones, which allow a reconstruction of the former environment. In addition, the site provides new insights into the emergence of food-producing communities in the African rainforest. Food procurement strategies at the site involved gathering, hunting, fishing, as well as small livestock keeping and banana cultivation. This is the earliest evidence for such practices in Central Africa.
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