Abdallah K Ali
Biographic Data
| ID | 4065384 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abdallah K Ali |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abdallah K |
| FAMILY NAME | Ali |
| SIGNATURE | ALI A K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Zanzibar University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Reflections on a Strategy of ‘Mixed’ Hull Construction – The Case of a Ngwanda , Zanzibar, Tanzania
This article explores the idea of ‘mixed’ construction in wooden boatbuilding through the building of a plank-built ngwanda of Zanzibar, Tanzania. This nebulous notion is the product of a longstanding polarity that largely characterises wooden hulls as ‘shell-built’, ‘frame-built’, or something in-between. We trace how our builder, Fundi Hamdan, planned his hull, then varied his dependence on framing and planking as determinant of hull shape. Whi…
Seasonal and gendered patterns in subsistence fishing and shellfish gathering: Insights from Mfumbwi (Zanzibar) for archaeological interpretation and contemporary fisheries management
The village of Mfumbwi (Jambiani, Zanzibar Island) is home to maritime fishers and shellfish gatherers who use traditional methods to harvest marine fauna for subsistence. This study examines the extent to which seasonality and gendered patterns of behavior affect the marine subsistence record of Mfumbwi using an extensive ethnographic maritime subsistence dataset (MS-1819) collected between June 2018 and June 2019. As we show, seasonality driven…
Urban Chronology at a Human Scale on the Coast of East Africa in the 1st Millennium a.d
This paper presents a new high-resolution excavation sequence of a house at the 1st millennium a.d. site of Unguja Ukuu, Zanzibar, with implications for a new and detailed understanding of the period between the 7th and 9th centuries a.d. on the East African coast. This is an important period associated with a broad and distinctive cultural tradition, often seen as a pre- or proto-urban phase. Household excavations at Unguja Ukuu revealed two occ…
Long-term Trends in Terrestrial and Marine Invertebrate Exploitation on the Eastern African Coast: Insights from Kuumbi Cave, Zanzibar
The nature and trajectory of coastal and maritime adaptations, and the complex ways foraging economies have been structured to include both marine and terrestrial resources, are becoming key topics of interest in African archaeological research. There is, therefore, an increasing need to understand the longer-term context for more recent shifts in coastal economies, and for greater attention to be paid to the role of a broader spectrum of resourc…
Characterising marine mollusc exploitation in the eastern African Iron Age: Archaeomalacological evidence from Unguja Ukuu and Fukuchani, Zanzibar
Reinvestigation of Kuumbi Cave, Zanzibar, reveals Later Stone Age coastal habitation, early Holocene abandonment and Iron Age reoccupation
The late Pleistocene and Holocene history of eastern Africa is complex and major gaps remain in our understanding of human occupation during this period. Questions concerning the identities, geographical distributions and chronologies of foraging, herding and agricultural populations — often problematically equated with the chronological labels ‘Later Stone Age (LSA)’, ‘Neolithic’ and ‘Iron Age’ — are still unresolved. Previous studies at the sit…
Reinvestigation of Kuumbi Cave, Zanzibar, reveals Later Stone Age coastal habitation, early Holocene abandonment and Iron Age reoccupation
The late Pleistocene and Holocene history of eastern Africa is complex and major gaps remain in our understanding of human occupation during this period. Questions concerning the identities, geographical distributions and chronologies of foraging, herding and agricultural populations — often problematically equated with the chronological labels ‘Later Stone Age (LSA)’, ‘Neolithic’ and ‘Iron Age’ — are still unresolved. Previous studies at the sit…
Characterising marine mollusc exploitation in the eastern African Iron Age: Archaeomalacological evidence from Unguja Ukuu and Fukuchani, Zanzibar
Long-term Trends in Terrestrial and Marine Invertebrate Exploitation on the Eastern African Coast: Insights from Kuumbi Cave, Zanzibar
The nature and trajectory of coastal and maritime adaptations, and the complex ways foraging economies have been structured to include both marine and terrestrial resources, are becoming key topics of interest in African archaeological research. There is, therefore, an increasing need to understand the longer-term context for more recent shifts in coastal economies, and for greater attention to be paid to the role of a broader spectrum of resourc…
Urban Chronology at a Human Scale on the Coast of East Africa in the 1st Millennium a.d
This paper presents a new high-resolution excavation sequence of a house at the 1st millennium a.d. site of Unguja Ukuu, Zanzibar, with implications for a new and detailed understanding of the period between the 7th and 9th centuries a.d. on the East African coast. This is an important period associated with a broad and distinctive cultural tradition, often seen as a pre- or proto-urban phase. Household excavations at Unguja Ukuu revealed two occ…
Reinvestigation of Kuumbi Cave, Zanzibar, reveals Later Stone Age coastal habitation, early Holocene abandonment and Iron Age reoccupation
The late Pleistocene and Holocene history of eastern Africa is complex and major gaps remain in our understanding of human occupation during this period. Questions concerning the identities, geographical distributions and chronologies of foraging, herding and agricultural populations — often problematically equated with the chronological labels ‘Later Stone Age (LSA)’, ‘Neolithic’ and ‘Iron Age’ — are still unresolved. Previous studies at the sit…
Characterising marine mollusc exploitation in the eastern African Iron Age: Archaeomalacological evidence from Unguja Ukuu and Fukuchani, Zanzibar
Long-term Trends in Terrestrial and Marine Invertebrate Exploitation on the Eastern African Coast: Insights from Kuumbi Cave, Zanzibar
The nature and trajectory of coastal and maritime adaptations, and the complex ways foraging economies have been structured to include both marine and terrestrial resources, are becoming key topics of interest in African archaeological research. There is, therefore, an increasing need to understand the longer-term context for more recent shifts in coastal economies, and for greater attention to be paid to the role of a broader spectrum of resourc…
Urban Chronology at a Human Scale on the Coast of East Africa in the 1st Millennium a.d
This paper presents a new high-resolution excavation sequence of a house at the 1st millennium a.d. site of Unguja Ukuu, Zanzibar, with implications for a new and detailed understanding of the period between the 7th and 9th centuries a.d. on the East African coast. This is an important period associated with a broad and distinctive cultural tradition, often seen as a pre- or proto-urban phase. Household excavations at Unguja Ukuu revealed two occ…
Reflections on a Strategy of ‘Mixed’ Hull Construction – The Case of a Ngwanda , Zanzibar, Tanzania
This article explores the idea of ‘mixed’ construction in wooden boatbuilding through the building of a plank-built ngwanda of Zanzibar, Tanzania. This nebulous notion is the product of a longstanding polarity that largely characterises wooden hulls as ‘shell-built’, ‘frame-built’, or something in-between. We trace how our builder, Fundi Hamdan, planned his hull, then varied his dependence on framing and planking as determinant of hull shape. Whi…
Seasonal and gendered patterns in subsistence fishing and shellfish gathering: Insights from Mfumbwi (Zanzibar) for archaeological interpretation and contemporary fisheries management
The village of Mfumbwi (Jambiani, Zanzibar Island) is home to maritime fishers and shellfish gatherers who use traditional methods to harvest marine fauna for subsistence. This study examines the extent to which seasonality and gendered patterns of behavior affect the marine subsistence record of Mfumbwi using an extensive ethnographic maritime subsistence dataset (MS-1819) collected between June 2018 and June 2019. As we show, seasonality driven…
Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (6 works) · Geography (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Marine conservation (3 works) · Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity (2 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (2 works) · Biology (2 works) · Cave (2 works) · Chronology (2 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (2 works)