About Bertram Mapunda
Born 1957. Bertram Mapunda is a Tanzanian archaeologist.
Bertram B. B. Mapunda (born 26 September 1957) is an archaeometallurgist and professor of anthropology and history at Jordan University College, Tanzania, since October 2017. He is also principal of the college. He discovered the short, convectional iron smelting furnaces of south-western Tanzania.
Early life and education Bertram Mapunda was born on 26 September 1957 in Lituhi, Ruvuma, Tanzania, to Baltasar and Marciana (Mahundi) Mapunda. He married Victoria Martin in 1992. They have two children.
He received his BA from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in 1989, and his MA and PhD from the University of Florida in 1991 and 1995 respectively. He is credited with the discovery of the short, convectional iron smelting furnaces of south-western Tanzania.
Selected publications
Salvaging Tanzania's Cultural Heritage. Dar es Salaam University Press, Dar es Salaam, 2005. (With Paul Msemwa) Dar es Salaam's Top Twenty Tourist Attractions. Bertram Mapunda, Dar es Salaam, 2010.
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Tanzanian archaeometallurgist
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Bertram Mapunda was born on 26 September 1957.
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