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Isimila Stone Age Site
Landcape of Isimila Site
Isimila Stone Age Site is located in Tanzania
Isimila Stone Age Site
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LocationIringa District,
Iringa Region,
Isimila Stone Age Site Tanzania
Coordinates7°53′49″S 35°36′21″E / 7.89694°S 35.60583°E / -7.89694; 35.60583
TypeSettlement
Site notes
ConditionEndangered
OwnershipTanzanian Government
ManagementAntiquities Division, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism [1]
National Historic Sites of Tanzania
Official nameIsimila Stone Age Site
Typeprehistoric

Isimila Stone Age Site (Eneo la Kale la Isimila in Swahili ) is pre-historic settlement located inside Iringa District of Iringa Region in Tanzania. The site is home to the Middle Pleistocene archaeological site.[2] Large surface assemblages of later Acheulean lithics, including hand axes, cleavers, scrapers, and cores, have been found at the site. Although no human bones have been found at the location, Isimila provides a special view into Middle Pleistocene Hominid behavior.[3] The site is a registered National Historic Site.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ "Antiquities Division". Retrieved 21 Jul 2022.
  2. ^ Wynn, Thomas (September 1979). "The Intelligence of Later Acheulean Hominids". Man. 14 (3): 371–391. doi:10.2307/2801865. JSTOR 2801865.
  3. ^ Howell, F. Clark (1961). "Isimila: A Paleolithic Site in Africa". Scientific American. 205 (4): 118–131. Bibcode:1961SciAm.205d.118H. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1061-118. JSTOR 24937108.
  4. ^ "Antiquities Sites" (PDF). Retrieved 21 August 2022.[full citation needed][unreliable source?]
  5. ^ Zwernemann, Jurgen (1970). "A Short Survey on African Art in the Linden-Museum, Stuttgart". African Arts. 3 (2): 14–90. doi:10.2307/3334539. JSTOR 3334539.
  6. ^ Hansen, Carl L.; Keller, Charles M. (1971). "Environment and Activity Patterning at Isimila Korongo, Iringa District, Tanzania: A Preliminary Report". American Anthropologist. 73 (5): 1201–1211. doi:10.1525/aa.1971.73.5.02a00190. JSTOR 672832. S2CID 162120259.

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