National Historic Site of Tanzania
Nasera Rockshelter is an archaeological site located in the
Ngorongoro Conservation Area within
Ngorongoro District of
Arusha Region in northern Tanzania, and it has evidence of
Middle Stone Age and
Later Stone Age occupations in the
Late Pleistocene to early
Holocene, and ceramic-bearing
Holocene occupations attributed to
Kansyore,
Nderit, and
Savanna Pastoral Neolithic traditions. It was first excavated by
Louis Leakey in 1932.
[2] A second series of excavations by Michael Mehlman in 1975 and 1976 led to the first comprehensive published study of the shelter, its stratigraphy and chronology (supported by
radiocarbon dates), and its abundant material culture, including stone tools, faunal remains, and pottery.
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[4] Recent work has sought to better understand chronology,
lithic technology, mobility and demography, and site formation processes at Nasera Rockshelter.
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[8] Nasera Rockshelter is considered a key site in eastern Africa for understanding the
Middle Stone Age to
Later Stone Age transition,
[9] and also for the study of the spread of livestock herding during the
Pastoral Neolithic.
[10] Its chronology and archaeological sequence have been compared to those of other key sites in the region such as
Mumba Rockshelter,
Kisese II Rockshelter,
Panga ya Saidi, and
Enkapune ya Muto.
References
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"Antiquities Division". Retrieved 21 Jul 2022.
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^ Leakey, L.S.B. (1936). Stone Age Africa: an outline of prehistory in Africa. Oxford University Press, H. Milford.
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^ Mehlman, M. J. (1977).
"Excavations at Nasera Rock, Tanzania". Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa. 12 (1): 111–118.
doi:
10.1080/00672707709511250.
ISSN
0067-270X.
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^ Mehlman, M.J. (1989). Late Quaternary archaeological sequences in northern Tanzania. PhD thesis, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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^ Ranhorn, Kathryn; Tryon, Christian A. (2018-11-27).
"New Radiocarbon Dates from Nasera Rockshelter (Tanzania): Implications for Studying Spatial Patterns in Late Pleistocene Technology".
Journal of African Archaeology. 16 (2): 211–222.
doi:
10.1163/21915784-20180011.
ISSN
1612-1651.
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^ MartÍn‐Perea, David Manuel; MaÍllo‐FernÁndez, JosÉ‐Manuel; Medialdea, Alicia; MarÍn, Juan; Solano‐MegÍas, Irene; Gidna, Agness; Mabulla, Audax (2020-08-25).
"Revisiting an old profile: an updated geoarchaeological study at Nasera Rockshelter (Tanzania)". Journal of Quaternary Science. 35 (7): 951–960.
doi:
10.1002/jqs.3237.
ISSN
0267-8179.
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^ Solano-Megías, Irene; Maíllo-Fernández, José-Manuel; Marín, Juan; Martín-Perea, David M.; Mabulla, Audax Z. P. (2020-10-21).
"Lithic Technology in the Earliest Later Stone age at Nasera Rockshelter (Tanzania)". Lithic Technology. 46 (1): 60–79.
doi:
10.1080/01977261.2020.1832180.
ISSN
0197-7261.
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^ Tryon, Christian A.; Faith, J. Tyler (2016-07-05).
"A demographic perspective on the Middle to Later Stone Age transition from Nasera rockshelter, Tanzania". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 371 (1698): 20150238.
doi:
10.1098/rstb.2015.0238.
ISSN
0962-8436.
PMC
4920295.
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^ Tryon, Christian A. (2019).
"The Middle/Later Stone Age transition and cultural dynamics of late Pleistocene East Africa". Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews. 28 (5): 267–282.
doi:
10.1002/evan.21802.
ISSN
1060-1538.
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^ Gifford-Gonzalez, Diane (2017).
""Animal disease challenges" fifteen years later: The hypothesis in light of new data". Quaternary International. 436: 283–293.
doi:
10.1016/j.quaint.2015.10.054.
ISSN
1040-6182.
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