Recent Discoveries in East African Archaeology

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ID7654747
AuthorsGervase Mathew (0009-0008-4744-4377, corresponding author)
Year1953
Volume27
Issue108
Pages212-218
Publication date1953-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0003598x00025072
OpenAlexW156842340
LanguageEN
Citations received9

Since 1947 there has been a considerable advance in East African Archaeology. The preliminary archaeological survey of the East African coastline and islands has been almost completed. The area covered has stretched from the coast of British Somaliland to the frontiers of Portuguese East Africa ; two stretches of the Tanganyika coast and the Mafia group of islands off the mouth of the Rufiji still remain unsurveyed, but it is hoped that these may be covered by the close of 1954. It has been essentially a surface survey, a fairly complete photographic record has been made of the principal sites, and plans have been made of some of the chief monuments. During the same period Mr Kirkman has carried out excavations at the very representative Gedi site, and his detailed report is about to be published by the Oxford University Press. At seven other sites there have been preliminary excavations. It is at last possible to suggest a few tentative conclusions

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · East coast · Excavation · Geography · Period (music · Physical geography · Portuguese · African history and culture studies · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History

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