Congo (Democratic Republic)
Grottes de Matupi
Grottes de Matupi is one of the major archaeological sites in sub-Saharan Africa. It has yielded a sequence of occupation spanning more than 40,000 years. The cave contains some of the oldest evidence in the world for microlithic tools.
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Official Information
- Full Name
- Grottes de Matupi (ID: 962)
- Country
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Status
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On tentative list 1997
Site history
History of Grottes de Matupi
- 1997: Added to Tentative List
- Added to tentative list
- Type
- Mixed
- Criteria
Links
- UNESCO
- whc.unesco.org
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UNESCO.org
- whc.unesco.org — whc.unesco.org
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- Community Category
- Natural landscape: Karst landscapes and caves
- Archaeological site: Prehistoric
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