The Pottery of Mangi Sina Site, Kibosho-Kilimanjaro

Abstract

Various archaeological materials were recovered during research on pre-colonial defence systems in Kilimanjaro. These include pottery and trade materials such as beads and metal objects. The findings were reported in Valerian 2009 and 2012. This paper gives a thorough attribute analysis of pottery materials that were recovered at Mangi Sina site-Kibosho. The pottery analysed exhibit characteristics of large vessels with heavy necked pots, rounded bodies and everted round rims. Also, they have very thick globular bodies, rounded bottoms and rims with bands of fine incisions. Some of the rims are decorated with bands of multiple horizontal and wavy lines while others seem to fit in Odner’s (1971) categories.