Kent D Fowler
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 159551 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Kent D Fowler |
| NOMBRES | Kent D |
| APELLIDO | Fowler |
| FIRMA | FOWLER K D |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Manitoba |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8181-7885 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 18 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 73 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2004 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
The amakhanda settlement system of the Zulu kingdom
The amakhanda type of settlement in southern Africa has long been associated with the elaboration of the ibutho (regiment) system and the development and spread of Nguni-speaking polities in southeastern Africa. In this contribution we set aside the origins of the amabutho system and instead concentrate on identifying and understanding three proposed grades of amakhanda — Royal, Divisional, and Regimental — that differ in size, layout, function a…
A new interpretation of the military settlements of the northern Nguni
The migration of the various northern Nguni groups during the nineteenth century is associated with a period of increased and extensive conflict throughout southern Africa. Central to the success of the nineteenth-century northern Nguni kingdoms was the utilisation of a social organisational system known as the regimental system. These regiments were housed in military settlements that would form the core of the various kingdoms’ administrative a…
New fingerprint evidence for female potters in Late Bronze Age Canaan
Techno-stylistic studies in ceramic analysis have largely focused on characterising production groups, based on the similarity of various objects and how they were made. The demographics of potters and the division of labour often remain enigmatic in current chaîne opératoire research. A growing number of biometric studies have demonstrated the potential of fingerprints preserved on ceramic surfaces for classifying the age and sex of potters. In …
Age and sex determination of fingerprints on ceramic objects from the Late Bronze Age Palace at Tel Beth-Shemesh, Israel
Who made figurines for ritual feasting in the Late Bronze Age (LBA) palace at Tel Beth-Shemesh? This article attempts to answer this question by determining the age and sex of fingerprints on five zoomorphic figurines and a lamp from a unique room in the LBA IB–IIA palace that contains an assemblage normally associated with feasting. The age and sex determinations of 59 preserved epidermal print impressions, based upon the analysis of ridge bread…
Reconnaissance survey of Zulu kingdom period amakhanda in the emaKhosini Basin, South Africa
The archaeology of the Zulu kingdom in southeastern South Africa has recently seen renewed interest after a long dormancy. Most of what we know about the kingdom comes from oral tradition and historical records. Archaeological research has been limited to the excavation of battlefields, the preserved primary residences of three kings and limited non-systematic survey. Beyond the battlefields and king’s capitals there is considerable opportunity f…
The provisioning of nineteenth century Zulu capitals, South Africa
The Identity of Potters in Early States
Identifying precontact ceramic resource areas in the boreal forest of northern Manitoba, Canada
The objective of this study is to better understand how people gained resources to make Middle and Late Woodland pottery from Sipiwesk Lake in northcentral Manitoba. To meet this objective, we conducted petrographic analyses of sediments from Sipiwesk Lake, archaeological sherds from sites around the lake, material from outwashes, fired experimental tiles, and sherds from archaeological sites across the boreal forest ecozone and the prairie ecozo…
The human element
A scanning method for the identification of pottery forming techniques at the mesoscopic scale
Acoustic perceptions of vessel fitness in southern Africa
The acoustic properties of objects found in archaeological contexts have seen little attention because they are seldom found intact. Nevertheless, sound is quality of objects that is of tremendous significance during both their manufacture and use. In this article, the authors examine how the acoustic properties of ceramic vessels influence the perception of their fitness for use. Grounded in how sound cues correlate to visual, tactile and olfact…
Ceramic Production in Swaziland
Anthropos , Seite 411 - 428
Material knowledges, thermodynamic spaces and the Moloko sequence of the Late Iron Age (AD 1300–1840) in southern Africa
Material knowledges, thermodynamic spaces and the Moloko sequence of the Late Iron Age (AD 1300–1840) in southern Africa, by Per Ditlef Fredriksen. Oxford, Archaeopress, BAR International Series 23
Clay acquisition and processing strategies during the first millennium A.D. in the Thukela River basin, South Africa
Despite a sizable corpus of pottery provenance studies in southern Africa, there has been no systematic research aimed at comparing modern and ancient production strategies. In this paper we present a model of Zulu clay acquisition and processing strategies and outline its implications for understanding the mineralogical composition of ceramics produced by early farming communities in the Thukela River basin in South Africa. Through a comparison …
Ceramic discard and the use of space at Early Iron Age Ndondondwane, South Africa
There are few methods of ceramic analysis in accumulations research that can help distinguish discrete depositional areas and evaluate previous interpretations of activity organization at archaeological sites. This paper introduces a quantitative method of ceramic analysis that evaluates whether the fragmentation and functional variation of ceramic objects distinguish depositional areas resulting from different accumulation activities at early fa…
The Eastern Periphery of the Yoruba Cultural Sphere
Numerous societies throughout subSaharan Africa supported strong political systems prior to European colonization. Seldom, however, are the boundaries of large, dominant polities sharply delineated, making it difficult to identify the extent of their influence on neighbouring, peripheral communities. In this report, we present ceramic evidence from the lowland rain forest of southwest Cameroon suggesting macroregional interactions that, during th…
Where are the gardens? Early Iron Age horticulture in the Thukela River Basin of South Africa
Despite substantial botanical evidence for the kinds of plants and cereals cultivated by early farming communities in southern Africa during the first millennium ad, there remains a poor understanding of where gardens would have been located. Data from archaeological sites in the Thukela Basin of South Africa (e.g. Ndondondwane) are presented in support of the hypothesis that many small plots of vegetables, cucurbits and cereals were planted with…
The effects of burrowing activity on archaeological sites
Burrowing activity is a widely recognized source of site modification. Most taphonomic studies of burrowers emphasize their destructive aspects on the archaeological record. Excavations at Ndondondwane, South Africa, suggest burrowing activity is destructive in some ways, but may also preserve cultural behavior. Drawing on both direct and indirect sources of evidence, we discuss how burrowing activity by rodents, earthworms, and termites can info…
The effects of burrowing activity on archaeological sites
Burrowing activity is a widely recognized source of site modification. Most taphonomic studies of burrowers emphasize their destructive aspects on the archaeological record. Excavations at Ndondondwane, South Africa, suggest burrowing activity is destructive in some ways, but may also preserve cultural behavior. Drawing on both direct and indirect sources of evidence, we discuss how burrowing activity by rodents, earthworms, and termites can info…
The human element
Clay acquisition and processing strategies during the first millennium A.D. in the Thukela River basin, South Africa
Despite a sizable corpus of pottery provenance studies in southern Africa, there has been no systematic research aimed at comparing modern and ancient production strategies. In this paper we present a model of Zulu clay acquisition and processing strategies and outline its implications for understanding the mineralogical composition of ceramics produced by early farming communities in the Thukela River basin in South Africa. Through a comparison …
Where are the gardens? Early Iron Age horticulture in the Thukela River Basin of South Africa
Despite substantial botanical evidence for the kinds of plants and cereals cultivated by early farming communities in southern Africa during the first millennium ad, there remains a poor understanding of where gardens would have been located. Data from archaeological sites in the Thukela Basin of South Africa (e.g. Ndondondwane) are presented in support of the hypothesis that many small plots of vegetables, cucurbits and cereals were planted with…
The Identity of Potters in Early States
The Eastern Periphery of the Yoruba Cultural Sphere
Numerous societies throughout subSaharan Africa supported strong political systems prior to European colonization. Seldom, however, are the boundaries of large, dominant polities sharply delineated, making it difficult to identify the extent of their influence on neighbouring, peripheral communities. In this report, we present ceramic evidence from the lowland rain forest of southwest Cameroon suggesting macroregional interactions that, during th…
New fingerprint evidence for female potters in Late Bronze Age Canaan
Techno-stylistic studies in ceramic analysis have largely focused on characterising production groups, based on the similarity of various objects and how they were made. The demographics of potters and the division of labour often remain enigmatic in current chaîne opératoire research. A growing number of biometric studies have demonstrated the potential of fingerprints preserved on ceramic surfaces for classifying the age and sex of potters. In …
A scanning method for the identification of pottery forming techniques at the mesoscopic scale
Reconnaissance survey of Zulu kingdom period amakhanda in the emaKhosini Basin, South Africa
The archaeology of the Zulu kingdom in southeastern South Africa has recently seen renewed interest after a long dormancy. Most of what we know about the kingdom comes from oral tradition and historical records. Archaeological research has been limited to the excavation of battlefields, the preserved primary residences of three kings and limited non-systematic survey. Beyond the battlefields and king’s capitals there is considerable opportunity f…
The provisioning of nineteenth century Zulu capitals, South Africa
Ceramic Production in Swaziland
Anthropos , Seite 411 - 428
Ceramic discard and the use of space at Early Iron Age Ndondondwane, South Africa
There are few methods of ceramic analysis in accumulations research that can help distinguish discrete depositional areas and evaluate previous interpretations of activity organization at archaeological sites. This paper introduces a quantitative method of ceramic analysis that evaluates whether the fragmentation and functional variation of ceramic objects distinguish depositional areas resulting from different accumulation activities at early fa…
The effects of burrowing activity on archaeological sites
Burrowing activity is a widely recognized source of site modification. Most taphonomic studies of burrowers emphasize their destructive aspects on the archaeological record. Excavations at Ndondondwane, South Africa, suggest burrowing activity is destructive in some ways, but may also preserve cultural behavior. Drawing on both direct and indirect sources of evidence, we discuss how burrowing activity by rodents, earthworms, and termites can info…
Where are the gardens? Early Iron Age horticulture in the Thukela River Basin of South Africa
Despite substantial botanical evidence for the kinds of plants and cereals cultivated by early farming communities in southern Africa during the first millennium ad, there remains a poor understanding of where gardens would have been located. Data from archaeological sites in the Thukela Basin of South Africa (e.g. Ndondondwane) are presented in support of the hypothesis that many small plots of vegetables, cucurbits and cereals were planted with…
The Eastern Periphery of the Yoruba Cultural Sphere
Numerous societies throughout subSaharan Africa supported strong political systems prior to European colonization. Seldom, however, are the boundaries of large, dominant polities sharply delineated, making it difficult to identify the extent of their influence on neighbouring, peripheral communities. In this report, we present ceramic evidence from the lowland rain forest of southwest Cameroon suggesting macroregional interactions that, during th…
Clay acquisition and processing strategies during the first millennium A.D. in the Thukela River basin, South Africa
Despite a sizable corpus of pottery provenance studies in southern Africa, there has been no systematic research aimed at comparing modern and ancient production strategies. In this paper we present a model of Zulu clay acquisition and processing strategies and outline its implications for understanding the mineralogical composition of ceramics produced by early farming communities in the Thukela River basin in South Africa. Through a comparison …
Ceramic discard and the use of space at Early Iron Age Ndondondwane, South Africa
There are few methods of ceramic analysis in accumulations research that can help distinguish discrete depositional areas and evaluate previous interpretations of activity organization at archaeological sites. This paper introduces a quantitative method of ceramic analysis that evaluates whether the fragmentation and functional variation of ceramic objects distinguish depositional areas resulting from different accumulation activities at early fa…
Material knowledges, thermodynamic spaces and the Moloko sequence of the Late Iron Age (AD 1300–1840) in southern Africa
Material knowledges, thermodynamic spaces and the Moloko sequence of the Late Iron Age (AD 1300–1840) in southern Africa, by Per Ditlef Fredriksen. Oxford, Archaeopress, BAR International Series 23
Ceramic Production in Swaziland
Anthropos , Seite 411 - 428
Acoustic perceptions of vessel fitness in southern Africa
The acoustic properties of objects found in archaeological contexts have seen little attention because they are seldom found intact. Nevertheless, sound is quality of objects that is of tremendous significance during both their manufacture and use. In this article, the authors examine how the acoustic properties of ceramic vessels influence the perception of their fitness for use. Grounded in how sound cues correlate to visual, tactile and olfact…
A scanning method for the identification of pottery forming techniques at the mesoscopic scale
The Identity of Potters in Early States
Identifying precontact ceramic resource areas in the boreal forest of northern Manitoba, Canada
The objective of this study is to better understand how people gained resources to make Middle and Late Woodland pottery from Sipiwesk Lake in northcentral Manitoba. To meet this objective, we conducted petrographic analyses of sediments from Sipiwesk Lake, archaeological sherds from sites around the lake, material from outwashes, fired experimental tiles, and sherds from archaeological sites across the boreal forest ecozone and the prairie ecozo…
The human element
The provisioning of nineteenth century Zulu capitals, South Africa
Age and sex determination of fingerprints on ceramic objects from the Late Bronze Age Palace at Tel Beth-Shemesh, Israel
Who made figurines for ritual feasting in the Late Bronze Age (LBA) palace at Tel Beth-Shemesh? This article attempts to answer this question by determining the age and sex of fingerprints on five zoomorphic figurines and a lamp from a unique room in the LBA IB–IIA palace that contains an assemblage normally associated with feasting. The age and sex determinations of 59 preserved epidermal print impressions, based upon the analysis of ridge bread…
Reconnaissance survey of Zulu kingdom period amakhanda in the emaKhosini Basin, South Africa
The archaeology of the Zulu kingdom in southeastern South Africa has recently seen renewed interest after a long dormancy. Most of what we know about the kingdom comes from oral tradition and historical records. Archaeological research has been limited to the excavation of battlefields, the preserved primary residences of three kings and limited non-systematic survey. Beyond the battlefields and king’s capitals there is considerable opportunity f…
A new interpretation of the military settlements of the northern Nguni
The migration of the various northern Nguni groups during the nineteenth century is associated with a period of increased and extensive conflict throughout southern Africa. Central to the success of the nineteenth-century northern Nguni kingdoms was the utilisation of a social organisational system known as the regimental system. These regiments were housed in military settlements that would form the core of the various kingdoms’ administrative a…
New fingerprint evidence for female potters in Late Bronze Age Canaan
Techno-stylistic studies in ceramic analysis have largely focused on characterising production groups, based on the similarity of various objects and how they were made. The demographics of potters and the division of labour often remain enigmatic in current chaîne opératoire research. A growing number of biometric studies have demonstrated the potential of fingerprints preserved on ceramic surfaces for classifying the age and sex of potters. In …
The amakhanda settlement system of the Zulu kingdom
The amakhanda type of settlement in southern Africa has long been associated with the elaboration of the ibutho (regiment) system and the development and spread of Nguni-speaking polities in southeastern Africa. In this contribution we set aside the origins of the amabutho system and instead concentrate on identifying and understanding three proposed grades of amakhanda — Royal, Divisional, and Regimental — that differ in size, layout, function a…
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