Swahili urbanisation, trade and food production : botanical perspectives from Pemba Island, Tanzania, AD 600-1500 /

Swahili urbanisation, trade and food production : botanical perspectives from Pemba Island, Tanzania, AD 600-1500 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walshaw, Sarah, 1972- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, England : Archaeopress, publishers of British Archaeological Reports, 2015.
Series:Cambridge monographs in African archaeology ; 90.
BAR international series ; 2755.
Subjects:
Swahili-speaking peoples > Tanzania > Pemba Island > History > To 1500.
Swahili-speaking peoples > Agriculture > Tanzania > Pemba Island > History > To 1500.
Plant remains (Archaeology) > Tanzania > Pemba Island.
Plants and civilization > Tanzania > Pemba Island.
Food crops > Tanzania > Pemba Island > History > To 1500.
Urbanization > Tanzania > Pemba Island > History > To 1500.
Pemba Island (Tanzania) > History > To 1500.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.