Fosbrooke, Henry A.2021-11-252021-11-251975Fosbrooke, Henry A. (1975) Annual report of the antiquities division 1974/75 p.9 where reference is made certain nonstone Bowl burialshttp://41.86.178.5:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/16506Available in Print form, East Africana Collection, Dr Wilbert Chagula Library, ( EAF FOS F78.A55)Please refer to the Annual Report of the Antiquities Division 1974/75 P.9 where reference is made to certain non- Stone Bowl burials. It is stated that two possible ethnic groups who are now living in the vicinity of the Ngorongoro Crater area are the Iraqw and the Hadza (Tindiga) and one of them or both might be responsible for the burial mounds. 2.A third ethnic group the Tatoga or Barabaig is not refered to, but it is known that they also lived in the crater prior to being ousted by the Maasai C I83O, and buried their dead and raised stone mounds or cairns over the graves. One such cairn is identified see B.M. Mulder 1989. Iwasa Vol.12 No.2 pp 32-35.It might be possible to identify the makers of the mounds refered to above if the posture of the corpse is recorded. The customs of the Iraqw and of the Tatog can easily be ascertained in this regard. 3.I have a feeling that the exceptionally large cairns, as for Example the one illustrated by me in SWARA, 1986 Vol.9 No.2 pp.12-16 being so different from the others, might belong to another as yet unidentified ethnic group. 1±. The large cairns of northern Kenya are on record in Azania, and a recent publication gives magnificent illustrations of many types of such burials - see Where Giants Trod, by Monty Brown 1989, publisher Quiller Press, London. Further, I recently came across a record of a Boran burial with a cairn of stones raised over the grave. The posture of' the burial is described in detail "a squatting position arms round knees, facing the setting sun.” See Last Chance in Africa by Negley Farson, 1950, London, Victor Gollaniz Ltd. • 5.Mulder’s Swara article was so badly illustrated (or not at alii) that I intend to submit an article, largely photographic on Ngorongoro’s holy trees and cairns, so I would be very glad of your views on the above.enHodza ethinic groupIraqw (African people)Burial moundsArticle