Swahili urbanisation, trade and food production : botanical perspectives from Pemba Island, Tanzania, AD 600-1500
| 1. Verfasser: |
Walshaw, Sarah, 1972-
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Oxford :
Archaeopress,
2015.
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| Umfang/Format: |
v, 126 p. : ill., maps, charts ; 30 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
BAR international series ;
2755 Cambridge monographs in African archaeology ; 90 |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction
- Urbanization and the rise of specialized food production
- Pemba in the Swahili world : natural and cultural contexts of Swahili life
- Field and laboratory methods
- Archaeobotanical results from A.D. 600-1000 on Pemba Island: Tumbe and Kimimba
- Archaeobotanical results from second millennium A.D. Pemba: Chwaka, Kaliwa, and Mazrui Tumbe
- Testing the urban food production model: archaeobotanical patterns on Pemba Island
- Swahili food production in local and regional perspective
- Conclusions.
