Katuruka Heritage Site
Dublin Core
Title
Katuruka Heritage Site
Subject
CULTURAL HERITAGE,ARCHAEOLOGY
Description
This site preserves the oldest-known iron-smelting furnace in east, central and southern Africa from 500 BC.The site itself is essentially with old bricks and shrines to King Rugomora dates between 1650–1675 AD
Date
Early Iron Age
Contributor
Lasway
Language
Swahili, Haya, Nyambo
Type
Site
Identifier
17
Date Modified
06/22/2021 10:05:15 am
Date Submitted
16/11/2019
Extent
cm x cm x cm
Spatial Coverage
current,-1.403363,31.779757;
Provenance
Local Community
Europeana
Europeana Data Provider
Katuruka Heritage Site
Object
www.maliasili.go.tz
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Institutional nature
Archaeological
Place
doa@maliasili.go.tz
Status
ungazetted
Stewardship
Local Community
Condition
3
Contact
doa@maliasili.go.tz
Sub Type
Caves
Other Type
Iron Age
Citation
“Katuruka Heritage Site,” Tanzania, accessed February 1, 2025, https://sdhtanzania.org/omeka/items/show/23.