Catastrophes and deaths along Tanzania’s Western Indian Ocean coast during the Early Swahili period, AD 900–1100
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6042377 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elinaza Mjema (0000-0002-2865-997X, University of Dar es Salaam, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 135-155 |
| Publication date | 2018-04-03 |
| 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 | 10.1080/0067270x.2018.1473208 |
| OpenAlex | W2804749908 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 46 |
Natural disasters such as floods, tropical cyclone storms, tsunamis and earthquakes had various kinds of effects on ancient societies around the world. In Eurasia and the Americas, the number of archaeological studies of these phenomena is increasing, particularly from geoarchaeological perspectives, but in East Africa few archaeological studies have yet been undertaken of their impacts on local communities. Archaeological and palaeoclimatic records nevertheless show that lowland settlements situated along the Western Indian Ocean seaboard occasionally flooded in the course of the late Holocene. This paper presents new archaeological evidence from Pangani Bay, northeast Tanzania, that suggests that flash floods occurred on the southern bank of the Pangani River c. 1000 years ago, resulting in the catastrophic destruction of an ancient village located near the river’s mouth. Excavations conducted at the site of Kimu have recovered human remains interbedded in deposits of probable flood origins. Dating evidence and geoarchaeological records lead to the conclusion that Kimu was probably occupied during a period of climatic aridity prior to the flood event that destroyed the site and appears to have led to the death of its occupants en masse
Archaeology · Flash flood · Flood myth · Geography · Holocene · Human settlement · Period (music · Swahili · Tanzania · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Geology · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
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