East African archaeology : foragers, potters, smiths, and traders / edited by Chapurukha M. Kusimba and Sibel B. Kusimba.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kusimba, Chapurukha Makokha.

Kusimba, Sibel Barut, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antiquities, Prehistoric--Africa, East.

Antiquities, Prehistoric.

Prehistoric peoples--Africa, East.

Prehistoric peoples.

Africa, East--Antiquities.

Africa, East.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The goal of this volume is to impart an appreciation of the many facets of East Africa's cultural and archaeological diversity over the last 2,000 years. It brings together chapters on East African archaeology, many by Africa-born archaeologists who review what is known, present new research, and pinpoint issues of debate and anomaly in the relatively poorly known prehistory of East Africa.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures and Tables

Preface

1 Comparing Prehistoric and Historic Hunter-Gatherer Mobility in Southern Kenya / Kusimba, Sibel B. / Kusimba, Chapurukha M.

2 The East African Neolithic: A Historical Perspective / Munene, Karega

3 Archaeological Implications of Hadzabe Forager Land Use in the Eyasi Basin, Tanzania / Mabulla, Audax

4 Ceramic Ethnoarchaeology: Some Examples from Kenya / Wandibba, Simiyu

5 Fipa Iron Technologies and Their Implied Social History / Mapunda, Bertram B. B.

6 Early Iron working Communities on the East African Coast: Excavations at Kivinja, Tanzania / Chami, Felix

7 Iron working on the Swahili Coast of Kenya / Kusimba, Chapurukha M. / Killick, David

8 Iron Age Settlement Patterns and Economic Change on Zanzibar and Pemba Islands / Kessy, Emanuel T.

9 Politics, Cattle, and Conservation: Ngorongoro Crater at a Crossroads / Musiba, Charles / Mabulla, Audax

10 The Origins of the State in East Africa / Robertshaw, Peter

11 East African Archaeology: A Southern African Perspective / Mitchell, Peter

References

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-21249-8

9786613212498

1-934536-26-1

OCLC:

608420412