The Iron Age Site at Gatung'ang'a, Central Kenya
Contributions to the Gumba problem
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6041472 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ari Siiriäinen (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1971 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 199-232 |
| Publication date | 1971-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Azania Archaeological Research in Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0067-270X • E-ISSN: 1945-5534 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00672707109511551 |
| OpenAlex | W1962197074 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
| References cited | 16 |
The site of Gatung'ang'a near Nyeri, Kenya, provides evidence of very extensive iron-smelting and is attributed to the Gumba people who, according to tradition, preceded the Kikuyu in this area. The excavation produced sherds of Kwale-type pottery in the lower level, and of a crude ware probably derived from it in the upper. This is taken as evidence of Bantu-speaking occupants, but a comparison with other sites in central Kenya raises doubts as to whether they were really the Gumba, and the identity of the latter remains unproved
Ancient history · Archaeology · Bantu languages · Excavation · Geography · Pottery · African history and culture analysis · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History
Central Africa from Cameroun to the Zambezi
The western Maghrib and Sudan
The East African interior
Trans-Saharan contacts and the Iron Age in West Africa
North Africa in the Hellenistic and Roman periods, 323 BC to AD 305
The legacy of prehistory
The East Coast, Madagascar and the Indian Ocean
Upper and Lower Guinea
Central Africa from Cameroun to the Zambezi
The eastern Maghrib and the central Sudan
The Sahara and the Sudan from the Arab conquest of the Maghrib to the rise of the Almoravids
Conclusion - Facing Kirinyaga
The Contested Commons
The Cambridge History of Africa
The Cambridge History of Africa
Roulette decoration on African pottery
Towards an Early History of the East African Interior
Korounkorokalé revisited
Site Reconnaissance in the Kipsing and Tol River Watersheds of Central Kenya
Archaeology in Eastern Africa
New radiocarbon dates for Eastern and Southern Africa
Early Muslim Trading Settlements on the East African Coast
New archaeological discoveries from the Laikipia Plateau, Kenya
Iron Age Archaeology and Traditional History in Embu, Mbeere and Chuka Areas of Central Kenya
Making metals in East Africa and beyond
Archaeological Survey of the Ithanga Hills, Eastern Highlands of Kenya
Early Iron Age Pottery Types from East Africa
New Perspectives on Eastern Bantu
Later Stone Age Investigation in the Laikipia Highlands, Kenya
Archaeological Sites in the Chyulu Hills, Kenya
Background to Evolution in Africa
A Review of Pottery from the Kenya Highlands
Bantu Genesis—Archaeological Reflexions
The Gumba and ‘Gumba Pits’ of the Fort Hall District, Kenya
The Early Iron Age Site at Kapwirimbwe, Lusaka
Uvinza and its Salt Industry
The Archaeology and Early Peoples of the Highlands of Kenya and Northern Tanzania
Kwale
Iron Age Sites in North-Eastern Tanzania
Excavations at Twickenham Road, Lusaka
Early Iron Age Pottery Types from East Africa
An Archaeological Survey of Mwanza Region, Tanzania
Usangi Hospital and other Archaeological Sites in the North Pare Mountains, North-eastern Tanzania
Ivuna
The Systems of Land Tenure of the Kikuyu Land Unit
With a Prehistoric People
| Unique citing works | 30 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,55 |
| Citation span | 1971 - 2015 (45) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 30 |