Ife Glass Furnace Site
Ife Glass Furnace Site Site
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE)·Medieval·🇹🇿 Serengeti, Tanzania
About
About Ife Glass Furnace Site
Ife Glass Furnace Site in Serengeti, Tanzania is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient city attributed to Medieval culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits. The site includes a principal enclosure and ancillary features with votive deposits. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.
Why it mattersKey Medieval site illustrating Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient-city traditions.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology of Ife Glass Furnace Site
- 02Function of ancillary enclosures
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for Medieval
- 02Defensive and ritual focus
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. 500 CE
- Period
- Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE)
- Culture
- Medieval
- Purpose
- Funerary and ritual complex
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 500 CE
Initial construction
c. 1000 CE
Abandonment or reuse
On the ground
Structures & features
3.3355° S · 35.8861° E · 348 m · 3 mapped features
Ife Glass Furnace Site — Principal Feature
structurePrimary ancient-city feature at Ife Glass Furnace Site
3.3347° S · 35.8869° EIfe Glass Furnace Site — Ancillary Complex
complexAncillary complex at Ife Glass Furnace Site
3.3362° S · 35.8855° EIfe Glass Furnace Site — Outlier
rock artOutlier at Ife Glass Furnace Site
3.3344° S · 35.8851° E