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Musa Said Mwitondi

Lecturer

College of Humanities

Archaeology and Heritage Studies

Biography

Dr. Mwitondi specializes in the history of animal and plant domestication in Eastern Africa, along with human settlement, mobility, symbolic art, and subsistence patterns during the late Pleistocene and Holocene (modern) periods. His research also covers community engagement in heritage resources, tourism, and management across Tanzania, for which he has published several articles.

Research Interest

I have a research interest in the archaeology of the Pleistocene-Holocene in East Africa. 

Contacts

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Projects

Gerda Henkel Stiftung, AZ 25/BE/24 - Inclusive Digital Documentation, Interpretation, and Preservation of Rock Art Sites in the Mara Region, Tanzania, 2024.

Publications

  1. Mwitondi, M. S., & Bushozi, P. M. (2024). New Chronology for Neolithic Cultures in the Lake Eyasi Basin, Northern Tanzania. Zamani: A Journal of African Historical Studies, 1(2), 203-236.
  2. Bigambo, R, and Mwitondi, M. S. (2024). Cultural heritage resources in shambles? An approach towards a proper conservation and management of Saadani village, Tanzania. Journal of African Cultural Heritage Studies, 3(1): 234-255. http://doi.org/10.22599/jachs.138
  3. Mwitondi, M. S., Kihanzah, H. H., Lelio, H., & Bushozi, P. M. (2024). Obsidian Use in Archaeology: New Insights from an Ethnoarchaeological Perspective in Lake Eyasi Basin, Northern Tanzania. Journal of the Kenya National Commission for UNESCO.
  4. Bushozi, P. M., Mumbi, C. T., Muiruri, V. M., & Mwitondi, M. S. (2022). The Reconstruction of the Late Pleistocene and Holocene Vegetation Dynamics in Lake Eyasi Basin, Northern Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Science, 48(2), 352-370. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/tjs.v48i2.11.
  5. Mwitondi, M. S, Mjandwa, A. S, Felician, L, and Bushozi, P. M. (2021). Stone Monuments of Northern Lake Eyasi Basin at Olpiro, Oldogom and Olbili Sites in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania: Revisited Perspectives. Journal of Education, Humanities and Sciences, Volume 10 No. 4: 20–39.
  6. Mwitondi, M. S, Mjandwa, A. S, Bushozi, P. M. (2021). Mollusc shells from Neolithic contexts in the Lake Eyasi Basin, northern Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Science. 7:3.
  7. Mercader, J, Clarke, S, Itambu, M, Mohamed, A, Mwitondi, M, Siljedal, G, Soto, M and Bushozi, P. (2021). Phytolith Palaeoenvironments at Mumba Rock Shelter. Front. Ecol. Evol. 9:699609. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.699609.
  8. Mwitondi, M. S, Mjandwa, A. S, Bushozi, P. M, Lenin, F. (2021). Community engagement in management and conservation strategies for archaeological sites: a case study of Mumba rock-shelter in northern Tanzania. South African Archaeological Bulletin, 76 (215): 125-134.
  9. Lwoga, N.B. & Mwitondi, M.S (2019). Challenges Facing the Conservation of Historic Buildings through Local Eyes: The Swahili Town of Kilwa Kivinje, Tanzania. Heritage & Society, 11:3, 249-275. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/2159032X.2019.1703094.
  10. Mwitondi, M.S. (2015). Kasoma Rock Art Shelters: A Reflection on Local Awareness and Conservation Challenges. Utafiti Journal of the College of Humanities. 11, (1&2), 17-32.
  11. Mwitondi, M.S. and Bigambo, R.N (2013). Archaeological Reconnaissance of Saadani Village and its adjacent areas. Studies in the African Past 12 (ISSN: 1821 - 7745), 32-40.