The Power of Swahili Porcelain, Beads and Pottery
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5947641 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Linda W Donley‐reid, Linda Donley-Reid (University of California, Berkeley, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-59 |
| Publication date | 1990-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1551-823X • E-ISSN: 1551-8248 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/ap3a.1990.2.1.47 |
| OpenAlex | W2042735118 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 22 |
This ethno-archeological case study presents an emic view of the meaning of Swahili artifacts. Porcelain, beads and pottery have been deposited by generation of Swahili people, but only recently has symbolic and structuring social meaning of these items become of interest to archeologists working on the East African coastal sites. The emic perspective also revealed an unconscious belief that pottery decoration has a "protective" function within the Swahili culture
Archaeology · Art · Emic and etic · Epistemology · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Perspective (graphical · Pottery · Sociology · Structuring · Swahili · Visual arts · African history and culture studies · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Philosophy
The Elemental Analysis of Glass Beads
Prehistoric Marine Resource Use in the Indo-Pacific Regions (Terra Australis 39)
Social identities in built environments? Interrogating gendered categories in Gede city during the Swahili civilization
Developments in Rural Life on the Eastern African Coast, a.d. 700–1500
Swahili Cosmopolitanism in Africa and the Indian Ocean World, A.D. 600–1500
Exploring the Social Context of Maritime Exploitation in Tanzania between the 14th-18th c. AD
Prehistoric Children Working and Playing
Real but unrealised
The public life of the Swahili stonehouse, 14th–15th centuries AD
Exotica in Context
Chinese-style ceramics in East Africa from the 9th to 16th century
Consumer Choice and Beads in Fugitive Slave Villages in Nineteenth-Century Kenya
Crafting Swahili Beads
Finding Meaning in Ancient Swahili Spatial Practices
Where Have All the Children Gone
Traces of Clay
Structures and Settlement Organization at Kua Ruins, Juani (Mafia Archipelago, Tanzania)
Objects on the Edge
Archaeological and ethnographic perspectives on the meaning and consumption of glass beads in ancient Kilwa Kisiwani, southern Tanzania
No such thing as invisible people
This is what pots look like here
Creating urban communities at Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania, AD 800-1300
Children in an Increasingly Violent Social Landscape
Going to pieces at the funeral
It's what you do with it that counts
Child and Clay
The East African coast
Nomads of South-Persia
Women and space
Woman and Taboo in Iraq
House power
The Present Past
In small things forgotten
Outline of a Theory of Practice
Natural Symbols
Zanzibar
The Arab City of Gedi
Life in the Swahili town house reveals the symbolic meaning of spaces and artefact assemblages
House Decoration in Nubia
The Culture of the East African Coast
Discoveries in the Lamu Archipelago
Excavations at the Site of Early Mombasa
Fort Jesus
Animals Are Good to Think and Good to Prohibit
Why Pots are Decorated
| Unique citing works | 26 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,04 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2025 (25) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |