Olduvai Gorge

Dublin Core

Title

Olduvai Gorge

Subject

CULTURAL HERITAGE,GEOLOGY,HISTORY,RECREATION AND TOURISM,TOPOGRAPHY AND LANDSCAPE

Description

Olduvai Gorge is an exceptionally rich archaeological site, preserving one of the best records of human evolution history spanning nearly two (2) million years ago. The site has yielded abundant human, animal fossils and stone artefacts preserved in well-dated stratigraphic sequence.

Date

PlioPleistocene,Early Stone Age

Contributor

Mwita William, Mwamvita Sollo

Language

Swahili, Maasai

Type

Site

Identifier

8

Date Modified

06/22/2021 01:16:15 pm

Date Submitted

13/11/2019

Extent

cm x cm x cm

Medium

Site visit, Division of Antiquities

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olduvai_Gorge, https://www.britannica.com/place/Olduvai-Gorge, https://www.livescience.com/40455-olduvai-gorge.html, Blumenshine, J et al. (2003). Late Pliocene Homo and Hominid Land Use from Western Olduvai George Tanzania

Spatial Coverage

current,-2.996174,35.352401;

Provenance

Antiquities Division

Europeana

Europeana Data Provider

Olduvai Gorge

Object

www.maliasili.go.tz, https://www.ncaa.go.tz/

Europeana Type

TEXT

Site Item Type Metadata

Social Media

twitter,@OUtalii, @NgorongoroNCAA;facebook,Wizara ya Maliasili na Utalii - Tanzania, ngorongoroconservationarea ;instagram,wizarayamaliasilinautalii, crater_ngorongoro;

Institutional nature

Palaeontological

Place

Director of Antiquities, P. O. Box 1351, Dodoma

Prim Media

5

Status

gazetted

Stewardship

Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA)

Condition

2

Contact

doa@maliasili.go.tz

Gazette Number

G.N.No. 202 of 1966 (8th July, 1966)

Sub Type

Fossils

Other Type

Hominid

Citation

“Olduvai Gorge,” Tanzania, accessed February 1, 2025, https://sdhtanzania.org/omeka/items/show/8.