Engare Sero — Footprint Tuff Ancillary Trackway
Engare Trackway
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE)·Palaeolithic to Iron Age·🇹🇿 Arusha, Engare Sero, Tanzania
About
About Engare Sero — Footprint Tuff Ancillary Trackway
Engare Sero — Footprint Tuff Ancillary Trackway in Arusha, Engare Sero, Tanzania is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Palaeolithic to Iron Age. Systematic survey and magnetometry document radiocarbon sequence. The site includes a principal enclosure and domestic quarter. Dimensions panel 8.5 m × 3.2 m; shelter 28 m wide × 12 m deep; area 1.7 ha. Excavation excavated; condition buried. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.
Why it mattersKey Palaeolithic to Iron Age rock-art with stratified sequence and landscape setting at 1030 m elevation.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Relation to regional network
- 02Function and labor organization
Theories
- 01Territorial marker
- 02Ritual landscape model
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 15000 BCE
- Period
- Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE)
- Culture
- Palaeolithic to Iron Age
- Purpose
- Rock art panel and ritual gallery
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 15000 BCE
Initial construction / foundation
c. 1171 BCE
Major refurbishment / second phase
1951
Antiquarian record, modern excavation from 1960s
On the ground
Structures & features
2.9800° N · 35.8800° E · 1030 m · 3 mapped features
Main Painted Panel
panelMain Painted Panel at Engare Sero — Footprint Tuff Ancillary Trackway — panel with stratified deposits
2.9800° N · 35.8815° EUpper Gallery Niche
galleryUpper Gallery Niche at Engare Sero — Footprint Tuff Ancillary Trackway — gallery with stratified deposits
2.9819° N · 35.8822° EAncillary Engraving Cluster
engravingAncillary Engraving Cluster at Engare Sero — Footprint Tuff Ancillary Trackway — engraving with stratified deposits
2.9807° N · 35.8824° E