[1] Furthermore, archeologists Dale and Ashley have proposed earlier dates that suggest the Kansyore people were among the earliest ceramic-using hunter-gatherers in East Africa.
[1] The Kansyore communities of the LSA are marked by ceramics and a settlement pattern based on the exploitation of resources from the shorelines of lakes or rivers.
[1] Kansyore ceramics have been found in East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and southeastern Sudan) and throughout the Lake Victoria basin.
The vessels themselves run a spectrum from medium-sized to hemispherical bowls with varying rim designs, such as rounded, tapered, and occasionally spurred.
[1] To classify, Dale developed an approach to identify Kansyore pottery: Within each of these categories certain techniques were applied to achieve the desired design.
[2] Collett and Robertshaw applied the Kansyore collection from Gogo Falls to resolve classification issues with ceramics from Kantsyore Island, Nyang'oma, and Mumba-Hohle.
However, Collett and Robertshaw used the Gogo Falls collection as a reference, and were able to subscribe the ceramics in the central Rift Valley to the Nderit tradition.
"[2] Their recounting of Mehlmans' skepticism, however, results from the fact that "either a very conservative tradition or large dating errors[4]" disallow for accurate chronology.
Dale and Ashley illustrate the difference between Early and Late Kansyore by using ceramic and non-ceramic archaeological material from Siror, and at the same time speak about the culture of the pottery makers.
Thus, in the early phase of Siror, the large quantities of fish bones suggest that many people who had a fish-based subsistence economy occupied the site.
[1] Even more, non-ceramic artifacts, such as bone points, indicate that other material culture linked to specific activities and economies existed before ceramics.
For example, in Usenge 3, the upper layers of deposit including terrestrial animals, such as cattle, overlaid a Kansyore shell midden.
[1] In addition to the terrestrial animals, the Kansyore ceramics in the upper layers of deposit depicted a decline in decoration and technological quality.