TY - CHAP
T1 - Kisese II Rockshelter, Tanzania
AU - Ranhorn, Kathryn L.
AU - Colarossi, Debra
AU - Molel, Sarah
AU - Laird, Myra F.
AU - Lewis, Jason E.
AU - Mashaka, Husna
AU - Niespolo, Elizabeth
AU - Porter, Samantha T.
AU - Sawchuk, Elizabeth
AU - Sharp, Warren D.
AU - Tryon, Christian A.
AU - Patania, Ilaria
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023.
PY - 2023/1/1
Y1 - 2023/1/1
N2 - Located in the UNESCO World Heritage Center in Kondoa, Tanzania, the Kisese II rock shelter (4.49° S, 35.81° E,) preserves an extensive record of intermittent human use over at least the last 45,000 years, maintaining a varying role over time as a habitation site, a place for burial, and a canvas for making rock art. An archaeological investigation of the site was initiated in 1951 by Louis and Mary Leakey but was never published. During this time, the Leakeys were conducting extensive field research in Kondoa in search of archaeological evidence that could be used to refine the age of the rock paintings in the area. At Kisese II they placed a c. 4 × 2 m trench and reached over 4 m depth. The abundance of finds and the unusual depth of the archaeological deposit at Kisese II compared to the other nearby tested locations prompted the Leakeys to enlist the help of Ray Inskeep to continue investigating the site. The site provides evidence for changes in how stone tools, ostrich eggshell beads, and ochre technologies were made and used, and the archaeological deposit appears to sample the Last Glacial Maximum, an interval of climate dynamism not well-preserved in many other eastern African localities.
AB - Located in the UNESCO World Heritage Center in Kondoa, Tanzania, the Kisese II rock shelter (4.49° S, 35.81° E,) preserves an extensive record of intermittent human use over at least the last 45,000 years, maintaining a varying role over time as a habitation site, a place for burial, and a canvas for making rock art. An archaeological investigation of the site was initiated in 1951 by Louis and Mary Leakey but was never published. During this time, the Leakeys were conducting extensive field research in Kondoa in search of archaeological evidence that could be used to refine the age of the rock paintings in the area. At Kisese II they placed a c. 4 × 2 m trench and reached over 4 m depth. The abundance of finds and the unusual depth of the archaeological deposit at Kisese II compared to the other nearby tested locations prompted the Leakeys to enlist the help of Ray Inskeep to continue investigating the site. The site provides evidence for changes in how stone tools, ostrich eggshell beads, and ochre technologies were made and used, and the archaeological deposit appears to sample the Last Glacial Maximum, an interval of climate dynamism not well-preserved in many other eastern African localities.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85172224323
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-20290-2_70
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-20290-2_70
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85172224323
SN - 9783031202896
SP - 1069
EP - 1081
BT - Handbook of Pleistocene Archaeology of Africa
PB - Springer International Publishing
ER -