A5000061165- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
- Colonialism, slavery, and trade
- Anthropological Studies and Insights
- African history and culture studies
- Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
- African history and culture analysis
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Archaeological Research and Protection
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Race, Genetics, and Society
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- African Studies and Geopolitics
- Archaeology and Historical Studies
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Ancient Egypt and Archaeology
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis
- History of Emotions Research
- Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture
- Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation
- Material Properties and Processing
- Medieval Literature and History
Rice University
2016-2025
Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences
2021
Kiel University
2021
Aarhus University
2021
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
2021
Cardiff University
2021
University of York
2021
National Museum
2015
University of Virginia
2015
In this article, we examine an assumption about the historic Swahili of eastern African coast: that they were a maritime society from their beginnings in first millennium C.E. Based on historical and archaeological data, suggest that, despite proximity to use sea, level maritimity increased greatly over time was only fully realized early second Drawing recent theorizing other areas world as well research Swahili, discuss three arenas distinguish first- second-millennium coastal terms...
The Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa. By Timothy Insoll. Cambridge World Archaeology. Cambridge: University Press, 2003. Pp. xv, 470; 125 illustrations. $95.00 cloth, $37.00 paper. Insoll's detailed overview the archaeology sub-Saharan Africa can be read as both an encyclopedic summary Iron Age well a challenge to begin thinking about religion and religious practice. In many ways, this volume is much-needed more nuanced revision works such J. S. Trimingham's regional summaries...
Abstract The urban peoples of the Swahili coast traded across eastern Africa and Indian Ocean were among first practitioners Islam sub-Saharan people 1,2 . extent to which these early interactions between Africans non-Africans accompanied by genetic exchange remains unknown. Here we report ancient DNA data for 80 individuals from 6 medieval modern ( ad 1250–1800) coastal towns an inland town after 1650. More than half many originates primarily female ancestors Africa, with a large...
Indian Ocean maritime networks have become a special focus of research in recent years, with emphasis not only on the economics trade but also movement domesticated plants and animals (see Fuller et al . Antiquity 2011: 544–58). But did such contacts inevitably lead to radical social change? Excavations at Tumbe reveal settlement late first millennium AD that was heavily engaged traffic exotic materials may been producing shell beads for export. This activity seems flourished within domestic...
Human-mediated biological exchange has had global social and ecological impacts. In sub-Saharan Africa, several domestic commensal animals were introduced from Asia in the pre-modern period; however, timing nature of these introductions remain contentious. One model supports introduction to eastern African coast after mid-first millennium CE, while another posits dating back 3000 BCE. These distinct scenarios have implications for understanding emergence long-distance maritime connectivity,...
Abstract The distribution of the black rat ( Rattus rattus ) has been heavily influenced by its association with humans. dispersal history this non-native commensal rodent across Europe, however, remains poorly understood, and different introductions may have occurred during Roman medieval periods. Here, in order to reconstruct population European rats, we first generate a de novo genome assembly rat. We then sequence 67 ancient three modern mitogenomes, 36 nuclear genomes from...
Archaeological survey in 1999–2000 the northern part of Pemba Island, Tanzania, has revealed role rural settlements development Swahili towns from A.D. 750 to 1500. The investigated regions directly surrounding three explore political, economic, and religious relations between villages. Results suggest that growth Pemban towns, although economically influenced by their increasing links overseas trade, were dependent on population movements urban areas. These shifts may be best described as a...
Coinage occupies an unusual position in archaeological research. Thriving scholarship on numismatics and monetary history ensures that the objects themselves are well-studied, often seen as indication of chronology stylistic commercial links. Yet coins might also be analysed artefacts, explored part symbolic world material culture through which archaeologists understand meaning value past societies. Using a recently-excavated assemblage medieval Kilwa-type from Songo Mnara East African...
This paper explores the way that open spaces in ancient Swahili towns were part of a monumental landscape based on performances occurred within them. By exploring physical arrangement space through placement and other buildings, it is argued some might be understood as 'built exterior': places where meaningful activities enacted, enhanced framed by their setting. These themes are explored though data from site Songo Mnara, southern Tanzania, archaeological research two has revealed deposits...
ABSTRACT Magnetometry and Slingram electromagnetic surveys were conducted at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Songo Mnara, Tanzania, as part a multinational programme investigation to examine uses space within outside this stonetown. The town was major Islamic trading port during fourteenth fifteenth centuries. detected significant evidence for containment activities walls, previously unknown anthropogenic activity revealed between existing coral rag buildings, well open areas inside town....
Houses are linked to the urban landscape in multiple ways. They provide form, and shape movement interaction. This article analyses these connections through concept of territories, defined as areas particular activities and/or groups, at fourteenth–sixteenth-century Swahili town Songo Mnara. Detailed excavation survey site has provided information on ritual economic activity within between households. Here we use data identify inclusive which served delineate some communal spaces link with...