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The Prehistory of Eastern Zambia

Arts & Photography

Phillipson, D. W.

History & Criticism

British Institute in Eastern Africa

MACK, J. / P. ROBERTSHAW, EDS.: CULTURE HISTORY IN THE SOUTHERN SUDAN. ARCHAEOLOGY, LINGUISTICS, ETHNOHISTORY. , 1982, 179 p. figuras.Encuadernacion original. Nuevo.

Culture History in the Southern Sudan: Archaeology, Linguistics, and Ethnohistory (Memoir No. 8 of the British Institute in Eastern Africa)

Politics & Social Sciences

Archaeology

Excavations at Aksum: An account of research at the ancient Ethiopian capital directed in 1972-4 by the late Dr. Neville Chittick (Memoirs of the British Institute in Eastern Africa)

Munro-Hay, S. C

In reviewing the work of the BIEA this volume summarises the  history and development of Eastern Africa. Prominent subjects  include: the town of ntusi in the 11-14th cents, and the  background to the inter lacustrine kingdoms; irrigation  cultivators at Engaruka below the rift escarpment 300 to 500  years ago; the Siriwake livestock specialists in the high  grasslands until the Maasai Revolution; salt and iron industries  through the ages; the flowering of Swahili towns and their place  in the world of islam; Kilwa, the 14th century palace of Husuni  Kubwa and the Zimbabwe gold trade.

A Thousand Years in East Africa

History

Sutton, John E. G.

Africa

Results of archaeological surveys and excavations, and effective interdisciplinary research of the Loita-Mara region of south-western Kenya. The main focus is on Neolithic sites and prehistoric pastoral subsistence and settlement systems. Includes contributions of many authors.

Early Pastoralists of South-western Kenya

Robertshaw, Peter

Soba was the `rich and prosperous' capital of the Medieval Kingdom of Alwa in Central Sudan. Situated on the Blue Nile, some 20 km above Khartoum, its remains today are no more than a heap of mounds. This report records the results of survey and excavation between 1981 and 1986, and provides detailed description of the buildings located, as well as sections by specialists on the pottery, small finds, textiles, glass, inscriptions and botanical remains.

Soba: Archaeological reaearch at a medieval capital on the Blue Nile

DANIELS, Charles

Welsby, D.A.

The ancient Ethiopian capital at Aksum in Tigray is one of Africa's most spectacular archaeological sites. During the first seven centuries AD, it was the metropolis of a major civilisation whose influence extended far beyond its homeland. The first and only comprehensive attempt at recording Aksum's monuments - huge carved stelae, the foundations of elaborate stone palaces, and underground tombs - was made in 1906 by the Deutsche Aksum-Expedition and the results were published in 1913. This book is a translation of their report, now extremely rare, with a chapter on more recent discoveries.

Monuments of Aksum

The stone ruins of the Nyanga area of eastern Zimbabwe have intrigued observers since they were first reported to the outside world at the end of the 19th century. The early fanciful speculations about their meaning have been gradually tempered over the years by the findings of systematic archaeological research, culminating in the project recently completed by the British Institute in Eastern Africa and the University of Zimbabwe. The first stages of the Nyanga complex were established between the 13th and 14th century AD, on some of the highest peaks of the region. Subsequent stages saw a gradual expansion downhill, with the construction of multiple stone terraces, cattle pens, and settlements. In this book, Robert Soper and his colleagues sets out the accumulated evidence for the Nyanga complex as far as we now know it. Overall, the Nyanga sequence raises obvious questions about environmental changes and climatic fluctuations during the last millennium. More particularly, the various stages begin to reveal how the local farming community grappled with these changes, including those induced by its own intensive use of the landscape and its resources.

Nyanga: Ancient fields, settlements and agricultural history in Zimbabwe (BRITISH INSTITUTE IN EASTERN AFRICA MEMOIR)

Soper, Robert

Ancient Civilizations

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