The archaeological site of Shum Laka is the most prominent rockshelter site in the Grasslands region of the Laka Valley, northwest Cameroon. Occupations at this rockshelter date to the Later Stone Age.[1] This region is important to investigations of the development and subsequent diffusion of Bantu-speaking peoples.[2] The site of Shum Laka is located approximately 15 kilometers from the town of Bamenda, and it resides on the inner wall of the Bafochu Mbu caldera.[3] The deposits at Shum Laka include each phase of cultural development in the Grasslands.[2]
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