Makarius Itambu
Biographic Data
| ID | 226551 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Makarius Itambu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Makarius |
| FAMILY NAME | Itambu |
| SIGNATURE | ITAMBU M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Dar es Salaam |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5517-5500 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Renewed Archaeological Research in Singida Region, Central Tanzania
Archaeological research in central Tanzania, chiefly in the Singida Region, has only been sporadically conducted, with the focus of such investigations being mostly on rock art and Later Stone Age (LSA) material. Here, we report preliminary results from renewed research expeditions conducted in the Singida Region. In 2021 and 2022, we located 31 archaeological sites in Ikungi District, excavated an open-air site (Nkungi) and a rock shelter (Itram…
Heritage in focus: A community-centric approach to documenting historic and archaeological sites in Singida's Ikungi, Mkalama, and Singida Municipality’ (Tanzania)
Rock Art Recording and Documentation in Ikungi, Singida (Tanzania)
Although several research projects on rock art have been conducted in northern Tanzania, the Lake region and central Tanzania in the past, none of them has discovered cupule and gong features. Also, these early research undertakings did not document and interpret the rock engravings, cupules, hollows and gongs from the local people’s perspectives. This study sought to fill that gap through a fresh look at the rock art. It investigated and recorde…
Endangered African Wild Dogs: Ecological Disturbances, Habitat Fragmentations, and Ecosystem Collapse in Sub-Saharan Africa
The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) is among the species that have declined to the point where it is now listed as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN, 2012). Formerly, the African wild dog population was estimated to span 39 African countries, but today, they have disappeared from much of their former habitats, now occupying just 7% of their former geographic range. They are presently found in only 14 coun…
Rock art Conservation and Tourism in Iringa Region, Tanzania
Much of the archaeological research in Tanzania over the last three decades has focused on sites that have yielded early hominin fossils and the resulting data has been analysed and discussed with the goal of generating knowledge about hominins bio-cultural evolution. Previous research focused on monumental, built heritage sites along the coast of the Indian Ocean and the interregional trade networks that existed from 1000 to 1500 A.D located alo…
Initial assessment of bioavailable strontium at Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania: Potential for early mobility studies
Petrographic Characterization of Raw Material Sources at Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania
Oldupai Gorge is located within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern Tanzania along the western margin of the East African Rift System. Oldupai’s sedimentary record exhibits a complex sequence of inter-stratified lithic assemblages associated with the Early, Middle, and Later Stone Age. While diachronic technological change is perceptible, the totality of locally available rocks remained largely unchanged thr…
Late Middle Stone Age Behavior and Environments at Chaminade I (Karonga, Malawi)
Fingerprinting of Quartzitic Outcrops at Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania
The African Early Stone Age record, including that of Oldupai Gorge, reveals widespread evidence for hominin exploitation of quartzose lithic raw materials such as quartzite. However, few studies have sought to characterize these rock types grounded on the assumption that they are not amenable for provenance studies. Through the use of macroscopic, petrographic, and EDXRF analysis, we characterize source material from five quartzitic outcrops bel…
Structural characterization and decontamination of dental calculus for ancient starch research
Soil and Plant Phytoliths from the Acacia-Commiphora Mosaics at Oldupai Gorge (Tanzania)
This paper studies soil and plant phytoliths from the Eastern Serengeti Plains, specifically the Acacia-Commiphora mosaics from Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania, as present-day analogue for the environment that was contemporaneous with the emergence of the genus Homo. We investigate whether phytolith assemblages from recent soil surfaces reflect plant community structure and composition with fidelity. The materials included 35 topsoil samples and 29 plant…
Acheulean prepared core technologies from the eastern Zimbabwe Escarpment, Maunganidze (Manicaland)
Fingerprinting of Quartzitic Outcrops at Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania
The African Early Stone Age record, including that of Oldupai Gorge, reveals widespread evidence for hominin exploitation of quartzose lithic raw materials such as quartzite. However, few studies have sought to characterize these rock types grounded on the assumption that they are not amenable for provenance studies. Through the use of macroscopic, petrographic, and EDXRF analysis, we characterize source material from five quartzitic outcrops bel…
Late Middle Stone Age Behavior and Environments at Chaminade I (Karonga, Malawi)
Structural characterization and decontamination of dental calculus for ancient starch research
Acheulean prepared core technologies from the eastern Zimbabwe Escarpment, Maunganidze (Manicaland)
Petrographic Characterization of Raw Material Sources at Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania
Oldupai Gorge is located within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern Tanzania along the western margin of the East African Rift System. Oldupai’s sedimentary record exhibits a complex sequence of inter-stratified lithic assemblages associated with the Early, Middle, and Later Stone Age. While diachronic technological change is perceptible, the totality of locally available rocks remained largely unchanged thr…
Acheulean prepared core technologies from the eastern Zimbabwe Escarpment, Maunganidze (Manicaland)
Soil and Plant Phytoliths from the Acacia-Commiphora Mosaics at Oldupai Gorge (Tanzania)
This paper studies soil and plant phytoliths from the Eastern Serengeti Plains, specifically the Acacia-Commiphora mosaics from Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania, as present-day analogue for the environment that was contemporaneous with the emergence of the genus Homo. We investigate whether phytolith assemblages from recent soil surfaces reflect plant community structure and composition with fidelity. The materials included 35 topsoil samples and 29 plant…
Initial assessment of bioavailable strontium at Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania: Potential for early mobility studies
Petrographic Characterization of Raw Material Sources at Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania
Oldupai Gorge is located within the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern Tanzania along the western margin of the East African Rift System. Oldupai’s sedimentary record exhibits a complex sequence of inter-stratified lithic assemblages associated with the Early, Middle, and Later Stone Age. While diachronic technological change is perceptible, the totality of locally available rocks remained largely unchanged thr…
Late Middle Stone Age Behavior and Environments at Chaminade I (Karonga, Malawi)
Fingerprinting of Quartzitic Outcrops at Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania
The African Early Stone Age record, including that of Oldupai Gorge, reveals widespread evidence for hominin exploitation of quartzose lithic raw materials such as quartzite. However, few studies have sought to characterize these rock types grounded on the assumption that they are not amenable for provenance studies. Through the use of macroscopic, petrographic, and EDXRF analysis, we characterize source material from five quartzitic outcrops bel…
Structural characterization and decontamination of dental calculus for ancient starch research
Endangered African Wild Dogs: Ecological Disturbances, Habitat Fragmentations, and Ecosystem Collapse in Sub-Saharan Africa
The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) is among the species that have declined to the point where it is now listed as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN, 2012). Formerly, the African wild dog population was estimated to span 39 African countries, but today, they have disappeared from much of their former habitats, now occupying just 7% of their former geographic range. They are presently found in only 14 coun…
Rock art Conservation and Tourism in Iringa Region, Tanzania
Much of the archaeological research in Tanzania over the last three decades has focused on sites that have yielded early hominin fossils and the resulting data has been analysed and discussed with the goal of generating knowledge about hominins bio-cultural evolution. Previous research focused on monumental, built heritage sites along the coast of the Indian Ocean and the interregional trade networks that existed from 1000 to 1500 A.D located alo…
Rock Art Recording and Documentation in Ikungi, Singida (Tanzania)
Although several research projects on rock art have been conducted in northern Tanzania, the Lake region and central Tanzania in the past, none of them has discovered cupule and gong features. Also, these early research undertakings did not document and interpret the rock engravings, cupules, hollows and gongs from the local people’s perspectives. This study sought to fill that gap through a fresh look at the rock art. It investigated and recorde…
Renewed Archaeological Research in Singida Region, Central Tanzania
Archaeological research in central Tanzania, chiefly in the Singida Region, has only been sporadically conducted, with the focus of such investigations being mostly on rock art and Later Stone Age (LSA) material. Here, we report preliminary results from renewed research expeditions conducted in the Singida Region. In 2021 and 2022, we located 31 archaeological sites in Ikungi District, excavated an open-air site (Nkungi) and a rock shelter (Itram…
Heritage in focus: A community-centric approach to documenting historic and archaeological sites in Singida's Ikungi, Mkalama, and Singida Municipality’ (Tanzania)
Geography (11 works) · Archaeology (10 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (7 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (6 works) · Tanzania (6 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Geology (5 works) · Biology (4 works) · Environmental planning (4 works) · Paleontology (4 works)