Nderit pottery

[1] Nderit pottery, previously known as ceramic tradition "Gumban A ware," was initially documented by Louis Leakey in the 1930s at sites in the Central Rift Valley of Kenya.

[1]Stylistic characteristics of Nderit pottery discovered in the Central Rift Valley include an exterior decoration of basket-like and triangular markings into the clay’s surface.

[4] Nderit pottery with surrounding lake sediment that could be dated back to 4800 years ago was found at Kangatotha, a site near Turkwel.

[4] Within the Jarigole archeological site, which was a communal cemetery near Lake Turkana, highly decorated Nderit pottery was unearthed with diverse items for personal ornamentation.

[1] Sites where Nderit pottery has been found are radiocarbon dated through materials such as charcoal, ostrich eggshell (OES), ceramic, and human bone.

Hyrax Hill contained approximately 19 human skeletons within a communal cemetery buried with stone platters and about 1350 ceramic sherds.

[1] By using chemical and isotopic analyses, lipid residues were discovered on Nderit ceramics from two archaeological sites in northern Kenya, Jarigole and Dongodien.