Southeast Africa has become an important region for understanding the development of the Middle Stone Age ( MSA ) and Anatomically Modern Humans. Due to its location between east and southern Africa, Mozambique is a key region for evaluating the development of Homo sapiens and the MSA across Africa. Here, we present the first results of lithic analyses of MSA assemblages collected during survey and testing in the Niassa and Massingir regions of Mozambique in 2014-2016. We were able to locate close to 200 new Stone Age surface sites. Data show that raw material use is different in the two areas. The lithic assemblages from both areas show the use of centripetal technology, but in Massingir, Levallois points, the respective cores and blade technology are frequent, they are almost absent in the northern region.

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莫桑比克中石器时代技术：尼亚萨和马辛吉尔地区的初步研究

东南非已成为了解中石器时代 (MSA) 和解剖学现代人类发展的重要地区。由于位于非洲东部和南部之间，莫桑比克是评估整个非洲智人和 MSA 发展的关键地区。在这里，我们展示了 2014-2016 年在莫桑比克 Niassa 和 Massingir 地区调查和测试期间收集的 MSA 组合的岩屑分析的第一个结果。我们能够找到近 200 个新的石器时代地表遗址。数据显示，两个地区的原材料使用情况不同。这两个地区的岩体组合都显示出使用了向心技术，但在Massingir、Levallois点，各自的核心和叶片技术频繁出现，在北部地区几乎没有。