The salt of Bunyoro
Seeking the origins of an African Kingdom
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3575835 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Graham Connah (University of New England, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 248 |
| Pages | 479-494 |
| Publication date | 1991-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x0008008x |
| OpenAlex | W2266301103 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 23 |
Excavations at the salt-making village of Kibiro, on the Ugandan shore of Lake Albert in East Africa, suggest that an important part of the economy of the Kingdom of Bunyoro originated early in the present millennium. The predominance of roulette-decorated pottery, in particular the use of carved roulettes, indicates that Kibiro was first occupied by people with northern affinities, possibly from the upper Nile region or further west. Collectively, these findings provide important clues concerning the origins of the Kingdom of Bunyoro
Affinities · Ancient history · Archaeology · Biology · Geography · Kingdom · Pottery · Roulette · Salt lake · Shore · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Geology · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Oceanography · Paleontology
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Salt Production and Social Hierarchy in Ancient China
The organization of salt production in early first millennium CE South Africa
Unearthing meaning within stylistically homogeneous ceramics
The last 200,000 years (or thereabouts) in Eastern Africa
Finger Millet processing in East Africa
Sibling Rivalry? The Intersection of Archeology and History
Iron Age ceramic studies in Great Lakes eastern Africa
Cattle herds and banana gardens
Archaeological survey, ceramic analysis, and state formation in western Uganda
The cultural and chronological context of Kibiro, Uganda
Historians, are Archeologists Your Siblings
The Antecedents of the Interlacustrine Kingdoms
Salt production during the Plain Ware Phase along the Swahili coast of Tanzania
Early settlement and social organization in the Interlacustrine region
The development of iron technology in precolonial western Uganda
Rethinking the Context of Production through an Archaeological Study of Ancient Salt Production in the Sichuan Basin, China
An archaeology of salt production in Fiji
Bunyoro-Kitara Revisited
Pre-Colonial African Trade
Roulette decoration on African pottery
High-Precision Calibration of the Radiocarbon Time Scale, AD 1950–500 BC
A Computer Program for Radiocarbon Age Calibration
The African Past Speaks
Pottery Types From Archaeological Sites in East Africa
The Nilotic Contribution to Bantu Africa
African Civilizations. Precolonial Cities and States in Tropical Africa
Excavations in Eastern Equatoria, Southern Sudan 1980
Uvinza and its Salt Industry
Excavations in Lakes Province, Southern Sudan
Excavations in the Southern Sudan, 1979
Ivuna
A preliminary archaeological reconnaissance of the Southern Sudan, 1977–8
Iron Age Archaeological sites in the Chobi Sector of Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda
The Kingdoms of Africa
The Bakitara or Banyoro
African Civilizations, Precolonial Cities and States in Tropical Africa
Bunyoro
An Archaeological Mystery
Culture History in the Southern Sudan
| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,58 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2025 (33) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |