{"title":"The ‘Ancient Dams’ of Tanganyika Masailand","authors":"J. Sutton","doi":"10.1080/00672707309511574","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Summary A description is presented of the so-called ‘dams’ of the northern Tanzania highlands and their invariable association with cattle-tracks is noted. Previous views have held that these ‘dams’ were either constructed to hold water for cattle or that they are caused by natural erosion. An excavation of a ‘dam’ in the Kimba valley, Ngorongoro, failed to reveal any sign of human work. Comparable structures in this and other areas are now best considered to be ‘pseudo-dams’ formed by erosion brought about by the use of cattle-tracks on the slopes of the valleys.","PeriodicalId":243659,"journal":{"name":"Azania:archaeological Research in Africa","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Azania:archaeological Research in Africa","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00672707309511574","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Summary A description is presented of the so-called ‘dams’ of the northern Tanzania highlands and their invariable association with cattle-tracks is noted. Previous views have held that these ‘dams’ were either constructed to hold water for cattle or that they are caused by natural erosion. An excavation of a ‘dam’ in the Kimba valley, Ngorongoro, failed to reveal any sign of human work. Comparable structures in this and other areas are now best considered to be ‘pseudo-dams’ formed by erosion brought about by the use of cattle-tracks on the slopes of the valleys.
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