Charaman

A stone industry of Zimbabwe and parts of southern and central Zambia where it was the local successor of the Sangoan. Many Charaman assemblages come from surface or river-gravel occurrences, as at Victoria Falls. There are many scrapers, sub-triangular points, and other flake tools. Charaman deposits have been found in cave sites, such as Broken Hill, which yielded the remains of Homo sapiens rhodesiensis.

A stone industry of Zimbabwe, parts of southern and central Zambia and adjacent areas, where it was the local successor of the Sango an. Formerly often referred to as ‘Proto-Stillbay’, its connections with the Sangoan are now seen to have been stronger than was previously implied. Many Charaman assemblages come from surface or river-gravel occurrences, as at Victoria Falls, in contrast with the Sangoan, large picks and core-axes are rare and there are many scrapers, sub-triangular points and other flake tools. Of cave sites with Charaman deposits the most important, now destroyed, was at Broken Hill, which yielded the remains of Homo sapiens rhodesiensis.