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Biography
Dr. Frank Masele is a Senior Archaeologist at the University of Dar es Salaam, having previously worked as the Conservator of Antiquities in the Antiquities Division in Tanzania.
Research Interest
Masele, F. 2020 Testing meat-eating by Middle Stone Age hominins at Loiyangalani
open-air site in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 12: 55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-020-01012-6
Masele, F and Willoughby, P. R 2021 Zooarchaeology of the Middle Stone Age in Magubike Rockshelter, Iringa Region, Tanzania. African Archaeological Review 38:275–295. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-021-09429-7
Masele, F
Private Business Investments in Heritage Sites in Tanzania: Recent Developments and Challenges for Heritage Management. African Archaeological Review 29:51–65. DOI 10.1007/s10437-012-9105-0
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Projects
The Archaeology of the Hehe-German Battlefields in Iringa Region Project
Iringa Archaeological Project
Unearthing Pan-African Crossroads
Serengeti Genesis Project
Fossil Heritage - Tendaguru Project
Publications
Masele, F. 2025 On hunting and meat-eating by Middle Stone Age at Loiyangalani Site in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. African Archaeological Review 42:73–94. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-024-09607-3
Masele, F. 2025 134 Years after the Hehe-German Battle of Lugalo in Iringa Region, Tanzania: An Archaeological Investigation of the Battlefield. International Journal of Historical Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10761-025-00789-3
Masele, F. 2025 Reconstructing the 1891 Lugalo battlefield in Iringa Region, Tanzania: survey and analysis of German Mauser rifle and Maxim gun cartridge casings, Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, DOI: 10.1080/0067270X.2025.2526974
Masele, F. 2021 The 1891 battle of Lugalo: an initial archaeological investigation of the Hehe–German battlefields in Iringa, Tanzania.” Tanzania Zamani 13: 44–74