During the 2010 excavations of Mlambalasi rockshelter, Iringa Region, Tanzania, a single rifle bullet casing was recovered. Analysis of this casing found that it was manufactured in 1877 at the munitions factory in Danzig for the German infantry’s Mauser 71 rifle. This casing is thus directly linked to the period of German colonization of Tanganyika, during which Iringa was a key centre of anti-colonial resistance. Mlambalasi was the location of the last stand of Chief Mkwawa of the Hehe people, and this bullet casing provides a tangible link to his uprising during the 1890s. In light of this colonial context and our ongoing research at Mlambalasi, this find is used to illustrate that a single artifact can reinforce multiple narratives about the past and the significance of an archaeological site.

在2010年坦桑尼亚伊林加地区Mlambalasi岩棚的挖掘过程中，回收了一个步枪子弹壳。对这种机匣的分析发现，它是1877年在但泽的弹药工厂为德国步兵的毛瑟71步枪制造的。因此，该保护套与德国坦Tang尼喀殖民时期直接相关，在此期间，伊林加是反殖民抵抗的关键中心。姆巴拉巴拉斯（Mlambalasi）是赫赫族人民姆瓦瓦（Mkwawa）酋长最后一站的所在地，这个子弹壳与1890年代他的起义有着明显的联系。根据这种殖民地背景以及我们在Mlambalasi进行的研究，这一发现被用来说明单个文物可以加强关于考古遗址的过去和意义的多种叙述。