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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Isimila Alternative Name: Isimila Stone Age SiteCountry: Tanzania
NOTE: This site is 269.5 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Iringa Nearest Village: Isimila
Latitude: 7.85272S Longitude: 35.630990E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Reputed to have been inhabited for 300,000 years, the Isimila Stone Age Site in Tanzania is known for masses of stone tools eroding out of a dry lake bed. There is a museum with small, well-captioned displays highlighting some of the finds.
The main pillar area is accessed via a walk down into a steep valley (about one hour round-trip), for which you’ll need a guide (Tsh10,000 per group). Visits are best in the morning or late afternoon, before the sun gets too high.
The site lies about 15 km to the south west of Isimila town. The location given is an approximation based on this.
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