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ID: 7059184
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Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Gwisho Hot Springs (spring)  Gwisho Hot Springs (spring)

Note: Located near the Kafue River 80 miles southwest of Lusaka; 35 burial sites of a Khosian population found here; due to the excellent preservation provided by the hot springs, evidence of the use of sticks and leaves as tools has been discovered here.

Names:
Gwisho Hot Springs (preferred,C,V)
Gwisho (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Zambia (nation)  ........  Zambia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Southern (province)  ............  Southern (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Gwisho Hot Springs (spring)  ................  Gwisho Hot Springs (spring) (P)

Place Types:
spring (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)
prehistoric site (C)
inhabited place (H)  ............  various groups occupied the area from 2500 BCE - 2100 BCE

Sources and Contributors:
Gwisho..........  [VP]
.................  Shaw and Jameson, Dictionary of Archaeology (2002) 262
Gwisho Hot Springs..........  [VP Preferred]
...................................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 27 July 2010
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Fage and Oliver, Cambridge History of Africa (1982) vol. 8, 471
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 27 July 2010
..................  Shaw and Jameson, Dictionary of Archaeology (2002) 262
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Fage and Oliver, Cambridge History of Africa (1982) vol 8., 471
..........  Phillipson, African Archaeology (1985) 70-71
..........  Shaw and Jameson, Dictionary of Archaeology (2002) 262

 

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