Laetoli Foot Prints
Dublin Core
Title
Laetoli Foot Prints
Subject
CULTURAL HERITAGE,ARCHAEOLOGY,GEOLOGY,RECREATION AND TOURISM,TOPOGRAPHY AND LANDSCAPE
Description
A paleontological site found within Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority, Tanzania at the southern edge of the Serengeti Plain. It provides a long sequence of Plio-Pleistocene, mostly volcano-sedimentary, deposits that are rich in archaeological and paleontological remains overlying Precambrian metamorphic rocks. It became known worldwide in the 1970s for stimulating discoveries, such as the holotype and other remains of Australopithecus afarensis and remarkable evidence of the earliest bipedal hominin tracks dated to 3.66 million years ago.
Date
PlioPleistocene
Contributor
Mwita William, Mwamvita Sollo
Language
Swahili, Maasai
Type
Site
Identifier
2
Date Modified
06/23/2021 11:21:10 am
Date Submitted
13/11/2019
Extent
cm x cm x cm
Medium
Site visit, Division of Antiquities
References
https://elifesciences.org/articles/19568, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laetoli
Spatial Coverage
current,-3.224677,35.191754;
Provenance
Antiquities Division
Europeana
Europeana Data Provider
Laetoli Foot Prints
Object
www.maliasili.go.tz, https://www.ncaa.go.tz/
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Institutional nature
Palaeontological
Place
doa@maliasili.go.tz
Status
ungazetted
Stewardship
Ngorongoro Area Conservation Authority
Condition
3
Contact
doa@maliasili.go.tz
Sub Type
Foot prints
Other Type
Archaeological
Files
Citation
“Laetoli Foot Prints,” Tanzania, accessed February 1, 2025, https://sdhtanzania.org/omeka/items/show/2.