Southern Africa and the Swahili WorldFelix Chami, Gilbert Pwiti DUP, 2002 - 138 sivua The sequel to People, Contacts and the Environment in the African Past, published under the auspices of a thriving and diverse regional archaeology research project, 'Human Responses and Contributions to Environmental Change in Africa'. The book series aims to disseminate the project's results and stimulate debate on current issues relating to the archaeology of the region, from specific and regional perspectives. The editors present an overview study of the Swahili World, and the excavation of Kaole ruins; and there is a chapter in French on the bi-partition of Swahili sites, taking the example of Gede. Three papers are on Zimbabwean archaeology, one of which presents findings from recent surveys in northern Zimbabwe and their contribution to an understanding of the cultural history and spatial behaviour of pre-historic farming communities in the area. The other papers cover: the merits of using ceramics as material culture to interpret aspects of pre-historic human behaviour in Southern Africa; the history of glass beads and iron metallurgy across the region; and the effect of geo- environmental aspects on the location of sites on the central coast of Tanzania. |
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GEOENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE DAR ES SALAAM AREA | 15 |
THE EXCAVATIONS OF KAOLE RUINS | 25 |
THE GLASS BEADS OF KAOLE | 50 |
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15th century African Archaeology Arab Archaeological artifacts assemblage Azania Bagamoyo Bantu blue-green century ceramics Chami Chittick cité coast of East coastal colour Constricted pots Dar es Salaam dating Decoration Techniques drawn beads East Africa East African coast evidence excavated Farming Communities Freeman-Grenville Garlake Gedi glass beads graphite burnishing green Hill Complex Horton Huffman Ibn Battuta incision Iron Age Islamic Kadzi Kaole Ruins Kaole's Kasekete and Mutota Kenya Khami Kilwa Kirkman Kusimba layer Leopard's Kopje LFC Settlement Malindi Manda Mapunda Mapungubwe material metallurgical mid-Zambezi valley millennium Mombasa mosque motifs Musengezi Musingwa Muslim Mutapa northern Zimbabwe period Pikirayi pottery Punctation Pwiti Robinson Salaam Shanga Shell Disc sherds Shirazi similar slag smelting Societas Archaeologica southern Africa stone suggests surface collections Swahili culture Swahili tradition Tanzania Tanzanian coast terrace trade Trench Vessel form wound beads XVe siècle yellow Zambezi Escarpment Zanj Zanzibar Zimbabwe culture