Table 6 Period and ceramic tradition associated with regional cultural phases.

Prehistoric (Madagascar)

Pre-600 CE^30,87

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Late Stone Age (LSA)

6000 BCE – 500 CE^74,438,544

Kansyore, Eburran, Lowasera

Savanna Pastoral Neolithic (SPN)

5000 BCE – 750 CE^6,74,122

Nderit, Ileret, Maringishu, Narosura, Akira

Elmenteitan Pastoral Neolithic (EPN)

1400 BCE – 750 CE^6,122

Elmenteitan

Pastoral Iron Age (PIA)

600 CE – 1800 CE¹²²

Turkwell, Lanet, Kisima, and Oldorotua

Early Iron Age (EIA)

500 BCE – 700 CE⁵³

Urewe, Lelesu, Kwale, Tana, Maore, Kilimanjaro, Swahili, Asian, Rezoky, Beropitika, Andaro, and Tranovato

Middle Iron Age (EIA)

701 CE – 1000 CE⁵³

Later Iron Age (LIA)

1001CE – 1800 CE⁵³