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Sangoan, a. Archæol.|sæŋˈgəʊən|
[f. the place-name Sango Bay in Uganda + -an.]
Of, pertaining to, or designating a palæolithic culture in central Africa, roughly contemporary with the Mousterian culture in Europe, and the people and tools associated with it. Also absol., this culture.
[1924Man XXIV. 169 The large tools of the Sango types..are now known to occur practically wherever extensive beds of quartzite crop out.] 1931L. S. B. Leakey Stone Age Cultures of Kenya Colony x. 232 Kamasian pluvial. Sub-divisions unknown but may include Mr Wayland's Kafuan and Sangoan. 1952Geol. Survey Uganda Memoir VI. ii. 64 The typical Sangoan pick is an elongated steep-sided, double-ended implement with small flat dorsal and large ventral faces... The most finely finished product is somewhat canoe-like in shape. 1959J. D. Clark Prehist. S. Afr. ii. 40 The cultures of the First Intermediate period..can be subdivided into two contemporary cultures—the Fauresmith and the Sangoan. 1969Geol. Survey Uganda Memoir X. 87 The occurrence of tranchets and pressure flaked lances, together with mint-fresh, steeply flaked duck⁓head and other small hand axes..invites correlation with the latest Sangoan or upper Lupemban. 1977G. Clark World Prehist. (ed. 3) i. 34 The leading artefacts of the Sangoan continued to be bifacial, including core-axes, picks and narrow lanceolate forms. |