Gunda-buche

The bank-and-ditch fortified settlement enclosures of western Kenya, Lake Victoria Basin

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6042260
AutoresFrederick Odede (autor correspondente)
Ano2008
Volume43
Fascículo1
Páginas36-49
Data de publicação2008-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAzania Archaeological Research in Africa (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0067-270X • E-ISSN: 1945-5534
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00672700809480458
OpenAlexW1980998462
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas14

Archaeological survey in Bondo District in western Kenya has recorded a number of earthwork structures known locally as gunda-buche. These enclosures are either single or multiple ditch-and-bank earthworks, and would once have contained settlement structures. This paper presents the layout and spatial details of a number of gunda-buche, putting these into the context of other archaeological work conducted in the region. The author suggests that the gunda-buche may have been associated with Luo settlement in pre-colonial times

Ancient history · Archaeology · Biology · Cartography · Context (archaeology · Ditch · Earthworks · Geography · Geomorphology · Settlement (finance · Structural basin · West bank · African history and culture studies · Ecology · Geology · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History