J. Desmond Clark
Date of Birth  :
April 10, 1916
Place of Birth  :
Somerset Bath
Country  :
United Kingdom
Field of Expertise  :
Archaeology
Educational background  :
B. A from Christs College from University of Cambridge
Acheivements / Contributions  :

Clark ordered an excavation at Kalambo Falls, a 235m high, single-drop waterfall at the southeast end of Lake Tanganyika, on what is now the border between Zambia and Tanzania. The site would eventually emerge as one of the most important archaeological finds of the twentieth century, providing a record of more than two hundred and fifty thousand years of human history. To date, artifacts of Acheulean, Sangoan, Lupemban, Magosian, Wilton, and Bantu cultures have all been found at the falls. Clark also undertook significant fieldwork in Ethiopia, Somalia, Malawi, Angola, and Niger, some of which led him to collaborate with Louis and Mary Leakey.

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