James Kirkman
Biographic Data
| ID | 243502 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Kirkman |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Kirkman |
| SIGNATURE | KIRKMAN J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 98 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1952 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
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The Muzungulos of Mombasa
The Friday Mosque at Kilindini, Mombasa
This report, written in 1957, is and will remain the only substantial account of an interesting mosque on Mombasa Island. This building has recently been destroyed, despite conservation work having been carried out on it when it was in Dr Kirkman's care in 1951, at which time he was Warden of the Coastal Historical Sites. We apologise for the quality of the photograph, which had to be made from a faded print, since obviously fresh pictures cannot…
The Zanzibar Diary of John Studdy Leigh, Part I
The Zanzibar Diary of John Studdy Leigh, Part II
Museum Report 6
Cargoes of the East: The Ports, Trade and Culture of the Arabian Seas and Western Indian Ocean
Port Development in East Africa: Spatial Patterns from the Ninth to the Sixteenth Centuries
Fort Jesus: A Portuguese Fortress on the East African Coast
John Studdy Leigh in Somalia
Ungwana on the Tana
An Ivory Trumpet from Sofala, Mozambique
The trumpet was found in association with the ruins of the Portuguese fort at Sofala, some 75 miles south of Beira on the Mozambique coast. Sofala was an important trading centre for many centuries of the African Iron Age. Trade routes from the gold and ivory regions of the Rhodesian interior converged on the Sofala region, one of the southernmost outposts of the East Coast trade. The exact date at which Sofala itself was first occupied is unknow…
General and Ethnology: The Kilindi. Abdallah BIN Hemedi ‘Lajjemy. Edited by J. W. T. Allen and William Kimweri
The Kenya Littoral
Potters' Marks from Medieval Arab Sites in Kenya
Kinuni—an Arab Manor on the Coast of Kenya
On the coast of East Africa there were, in addition to walled towns such as Gedi, Mombasa, Ungwana, etc., numerous small settlements consisting of one or two houses and a mosque, which corresponded to the villas of the late Roman Empire or the manors of contemporary Europe. One of the most interesting of these minor sites is at Kurwitu, between Takaungu and Kikambala, about twenty-five miles north of Mombasa (Fig. 1)
Historical Archaeology in Kenya 1948–56
In 1948 the ruined Arab town, sixty-five miles north of Mombasa, known as Gedi was declared a National Park, and an archaeologist was appointed as Warden of the Royal Gedi National Park and the Coastal Historical Sites of Kenya. In the ensuing eight years dangerous trees were cut down, crumbling walls were consolidated, and the fallen rubble round the principal buildings was removed. Gedi is now presented to the world as a place of interest and p…
The Culture of the Kenya Coast in the Later Middle Ages: Some Conclusions from Excavations 1948-56
The Arab City of Gedi
The Excavation at Kilepwa
The Excavations at Kilepwa: An Introduction to the Medieval Archaeology of the Kenya Coast
Fifty miles due north of Mombasa and two miles south of Gedi, a large Arab walled town where excavations have been carried on since early 1948 by the Royal National Parks of Kenya, is Mida Creek (fig. 1). In the middle of the creek are two mangrove-fringed islands with the passage into the inner basin lying between them. At the south-east end of the smaller but higher island, overlooking the passage, are the ruins of a small township. As part of …
The Arab City of Gedi
Historical Archaeology in Kenya 1948–56
In 1948 the ruined Arab town, sixty-five miles north of Mombasa, known as Gedi was declared a National Park, and an archaeologist was appointed as Warden of the Royal Gedi National Park and the Coastal Historical Sites of Kenya. In the ensuing eight years dangerous trees were cut down, crumbling walls were consolidated, and the fallen rubble round the principal buildings was removed. Gedi is now presented to the world as a place of interest and p…
The Excavations at Kilepwa: An Introduction to the Medieval Archaeology of the Kenya Coast
Fifty miles due north of Mombasa and two miles south of Gedi, a large Arab walled town where excavations have been carried on since early 1948 by the Royal National Parks of Kenya, is Mida Creek (fig. 1). In the middle of the creek are two mangrove-fringed islands with the passage into the inner basin lying between them. At the south-east end of the smaller but higher island, overlooking the passage, are the ruins of a small township. As part of …
Cargoes of the East: The Ports, Trade and Culture of the Arabian Seas and Western Indian Ocean
Fort Jesus: A Portuguese Fortress on the East African Coast
An Ivory Trumpet from Sofala, Mozambique
The trumpet was found in association with the ruins of the Portuguese fort at Sofala, some 75 miles south of Beira on the Mozambique coast. Sofala was an important trading centre for many centuries of the African Iron Age. Trade routes from the gold and ivory regions of the Rhodesian interior converged on the Sofala region, one of the southernmost outposts of the East Coast trade. The exact date at which Sofala itself was first occupied is unknow…
The Zanzibar Diary of John Studdy Leigh, Part I
The Culture of the Kenya Coast in the Later Middle Ages: Some Conclusions from Excavations 1948-56
The Zanzibar Diary of John Studdy Leigh, Part II
Port Development in East Africa: Spatial Patterns from the Ninth to the Sixteenth Centuries
The Kenya Littoral
Potters' Marks from Medieval Arab Sites in Kenya
John Studdy Leigh in Somalia
The Excavations at Kilepwa: An Introduction to the Medieval Archaeology of the Kenya Coast
Fifty miles due north of Mombasa and two miles south of Gedi, a large Arab walled town where excavations have been carried on since early 1948 by the Royal National Parks of Kenya, is Mida Creek (fig. 1). In the middle of the creek are two mangrove-fringed islands with the passage into the inner basin lying between them. At the south-east end of the smaller but higher island, overlooking the passage, are the ruins of a small township. As part of …
The Excavation at Kilepwa
The Arab City of Gedi
The Culture of the Kenya Coast in the Later Middle Ages: Some Conclusions from Excavations 1948-56
Kinuni—an Arab Manor on the Coast of Kenya
On the coast of East Africa there were, in addition to walled towns such as Gedi, Mombasa, Ungwana, etc., numerous small settlements consisting of one or two houses and a mosque, which corresponded to the villas of the late Roman Empire or the manors of contemporary Europe. One of the most interesting of these minor sites is at Kurwitu, between Takaungu and Kikambala, about twenty-five miles north of Mombasa (Fig. 1)
Historical Archaeology in Kenya 1948–56
In 1948 the ruined Arab town, sixty-five miles north of Mombasa, known as Gedi was declared a National Park, and an archaeologist was appointed as Warden of the Royal Gedi National Park and the Coastal Historical Sites of Kenya. In the ensuing eight years dangerous trees were cut down, crumbling walls were consolidated, and the fallen rubble round the principal buildings was removed. Gedi is now presented to the world as a place of interest and p…
Potters' Marks from Medieval Arab Sites in Kenya
General and Ethnology: The Kilindi. Abdallah BIN Hemedi ‘Lajjemy. Edited by J. W. T. Allen and William Kimweri
The Kenya Littoral
An Ivory Trumpet from Sofala, Mozambique
The trumpet was found in association with the ruins of the Portuguese fort at Sofala, some 75 miles south of Beira on the Mozambique coast. Sofala was an important trading centre for many centuries of the African Iron Age. Trade routes from the gold and ivory regions of the Rhodesian interior converged on the Sofala region, one of the southernmost outposts of the East Coast trade. The exact date at which Sofala itself was first occupied is unknow…
Ungwana on the Tana
John Studdy Leigh in Somalia
Fort Jesus: A Portuguese Fortress on the East African Coast
Port Development in East Africa: Spatial Patterns from the Ninth to the Sixteenth Centuries
Museum Report 6
Cargoes of the East: The Ports, Trade and Culture of the Arabian Seas and Western Indian Ocean
The Zanzibar Diary of John Studdy Leigh, Part I
The Zanzibar Diary of John Studdy Leigh, Part II
The Friday Mosque at Kilindini, Mombasa
This report, written in 1957, is and will remain the only substantial account of an interesting mosque on Mombasa Island. This building has recently been destroyed, despite conservation work having been carried out on it when it was in Dr Kirkman's care in 1951, at which time he was Warden of the Coastal Historical Sites. We apologise for the quality of the photograph, which had to be made from a faded print, since obviously fresh pictures cannot…
The Muzungulos of Mombasa
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