This thesis explores the social and productive landscapes of Tumbatu and Mkokotoni, two neighbouring Swahili sites in the Zanzibar Archipelago, Tanzania, which are dated to the 11th to 15th centuries CE. Emerging on the East African coast around the 7th century CE, the Swahili culture has traditionally been associated with vast Indian Ocean trade networks, stone towns, and a cosmopolitan hierarchical Islamic society, within which social status was negotiated through imported prestige goods and stone architecture. Departing from this traditional view, this thesis seeks to investigate how social identity and status were expressed and negotiated through labour, foodways, and different types of material culture, with a view to examine (and ques...
In this article, we examine an assumption about the historic Swahili of the eastern African coast: t...
This thesis deals with the formation of the Swahili identity within two countries: Kenya and Tanzani...
Locally-produced ceramics are the most ubiquitous find on archaeological sites in East Africa and th...
This thesis explores the social and productive landscapes of Tumbatu and Mkokotoni, two neighbouring...
Many Zanjian settlements (8th to 13th centuries AD) on Tanzania’s coast are considered to have colla...
Uneven Ground synthesizes archaeological field survey, historical map analysis, ceramic analysis, an...
The dissertation begins by discussing the field of ethnoarchaeology in general and then specifically...
The eastern African coast is known for its Swahili “stonetowns.” Archaeological study of stonetowns ...
This dissertation comprises an archaeological investigation of landscape occupation, food-getting re...
This thesis explores aspects of social and economic organisation and identity at the site of Ntuusi,...
Houses are an important subject of archaeological research, normally explored through the households...
AbstractHouses are an important subject of archaeological research, normally explored through the ho...
This paper develops the notion that the structure of residential spaces has long been in a dialogue ...
This study describes archaeological excavations carried out at Unguja Ukuu on the main island of Zan...
While the use of Chinese porcelain dishes in the stone towns along the Swahili coast has recently fo...
In this article, we examine an assumption about the historic Swahili of the eastern African coast: t...
This thesis deals with the formation of the Swahili identity within two countries: Kenya and Tanzani...
Locally-produced ceramics are the most ubiquitous find on archaeological sites in East Africa and th...
This thesis explores the social and productive landscapes of Tumbatu and Mkokotoni, two neighbouring...
Many Zanjian settlements (8th to 13th centuries AD) on Tanzania’s coast are considered to have colla...
Uneven Ground synthesizes archaeological field survey, historical map analysis, ceramic analysis, an...
The dissertation begins by discussing the field of ethnoarchaeology in general and then specifically...
The eastern African coast is known for its Swahili “stonetowns.” Archaeological study of stonetowns ...
This dissertation comprises an archaeological investigation of landscape occupation, food-getting re...
This thesis explores aspects of social and economic organisation and identity at the site of Ntuusi,...
Houses are an important subject of archaeological research, normally explored through the households...
AbstractHouses are an important subject of archaeological research, normally explored through the ho...
This paper develops the notion that the structure of residential spaces has long been in a dialogue ...
This study describes archaeological excavations carried out at Unguja Ukuu on the main island of Zan...
While the use of Chinese porcelain dishes in the stone towns along the Swahili coast has recently fo...
In this article, we examine an assumption about the historic Swahili of the eastern African coast: t...
This thesis deals with the formation of the Swahili identity within two countries: Kenya and Tanzani...
Locally-produced ceramics are the most ubiquitous find on archaeological sites in East Africa and th...