The Ntwetwe Pan is a large salt pan within the Makgadikgadi region of

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. The Ntwetwe is one of three large pans within the Makgadikgadi, the other two being Nxai Pan and Sua Pan. Ntwetwe Pan is now a seasonal lake with filling occurring in the rainy season. Ntwetwe was first described to the European world by

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, pursuant to his explorations in this region. Significant

archaeological Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...

recoveries have occurred within the Nwetwe Pan, including Stone Age tools from people who lived in this area, in an earlier time of prehistory when a large year round lake occupied the Nwetwe Pan area within the Makgadikgadi.C.M.Hogan, 2008

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* David Livingstone (1868) ''Missionary Travels and Researches in

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: Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa'', Harper Publishers. * Bryan Robert Davies and Keith F. Walker (1986) ''The

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of River Systems'', Published by Springer, 733 pages, , . * C.Michael Hogan (2008) ''Makgadikgadi'', The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnha

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Salt flats of Botswana Makgadikgadi Pan {{Botswana-geo-stub

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