Creating urban communities at Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania, AD 800-1300

Stephanie Wynne-Jones

Creating urban communities at Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania, AD 800-1300

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Abstract

Urban communities on the medieval East African coast have been previously discussed in terms of ethnicity and migration. Here assemblages from coastal towns and from surface survey In the interior are used to paint a different picture of urban (Swahili) origins. The author shows that coast and interior shared a common culture, but that coastal sites grew into 'stonetowns' thanks to the social impact of imports: the material culture structured the society.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	368-380
Number of pages	13
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	81
Issue number	312
Publication status	Published - Jun 2007

Keywords

East Africa
Tanzania
Kilwa
ceramics
medieval
urbanism

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