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Archaeological prospections on the Islands of Buvuma and Bugaia, Lake Victoria Nyanza (Uganda)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 September 2014

Jacques Nenquin
Jacques Nenquin
Affiliation:
Seminarie Archeologie, Vrije Universiteit, Brussel
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This preliminary report is the result of an archaeological expedition to Uganda, which took place from February to April 1968, and was sponsored by the Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale at Tervuren (Belgium) and the Comité des Fouilles beiges en Afrique. The expedition staff consisted of Dr F. Van Noten and Mr E. Vertriest of the department of Prehistory at the Tervuren Museum, and the author. The voluntary help of Miss J. Renard during the excavations is gratefully acknowledged here, as well as the advice of Professor M. Posnansky and the administrative assistance of Mr P. Bulenzi of the Uganda Ministry of Culture and Community Development. Much useful information was given by Mrs M. McFarlane of the Uganda Geological Survey, who has elsewhere pointed out the archaeological importance of the Buvuma Island group (McFarlane, 1968). Mrs McFarlane also deposited a series of Sangoan implements in the Uganda Museum. All drawings in this paper are by Miss N. Nypels.

The islands of Buvuma and Bugaia form part of the archipelago situated near the northern shore of Lake Victoria southeast of Jinja and about halfway between Entebbe and the Kavirondo Gulf. Both islands lie immediately to the North of the Equator, approx. between 0°00′–0°15′ North and 33°15′–33°20′ East, Bugaia being to the southwest of Buvuma (see the 1: 50.000 Dept. of Lands and Surveys map, Magyo, series Y 732, sheet 72/4, edition I-U.S.D.).

As will be apparent from this report, several interesting sites were encountered on both islands, two of which were excavated, one on Buvuma and one on Bugaia.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , December 1971 , pp. 381 - 418
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1971

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