Historical Archaeology in East Africa
Past Practice and Future Directions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8979738 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter R Schmidt (0000-0002-5700-3144, University of Florida, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 183-194 |
| Publication date | 2016-06-09 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of African History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8537 • E-ISSN: 1469-5138 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021853715000791 |
| OpenAlex | W2416934962 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 15 |
This forum article explores the major intellectual trajectories in the historical archaeology of Eastern Africa over the last sixty years. Two primary perspectives are identified in historical archaeology: one that emphasizes precolonial history and oral traditions with associated archaeology, and another that focuses mostly on the era of European contact with Africa. The latter is followed by most North American practice, to the point of excluding approaches that privilege the internal dynamics of African societies. African practice today has many hybrids using both approaches. Increasingly, precolonial historical archaeology is waning in the face of a dominant focus on the modern era, much like the trend in African history. New approaches that incorporate community participation are gaining favor, with positive examples of collaboration between historical archaeologists and communities members desiring to preserve and revitalize local histories
Archaeology · Ethnology · Face (sociological concept · Historical archaeology · Oral history · Political science · Post-medieval archaeology · Privilege (computing · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Law
Oral Sources and Oral History
Oral Sources and Oral History
Persistence on a Perilous Coast
Rivals No More
Peter Ucko Memorial Lecture, Decolonizing Archaeological Practice
Gardens of the Coromandel Coast
A Conversation with Peter Ridgway Schmidt, the Ṣango of African Archaeology
Anthropological Archaeology in 2016
Contests between heritage and history in Tanganyika/Tanzania
The Turkwel settlement at Oltioki in Baringo
Spatiality and the Interpretation of Identity Formation
Historical archaeology in the next millenium
Archaeology of Slavery in East Africa
The ‘Shirazi’ Colonization of East Africa
New Directions for Historical Archaeology in Eastern Africa
Historical Archaeology in Kenya 1948–56
An Archaeology of Eurocentrism
Rediscovering Community Archaeology in Africa and Reframing its Practice
The Archaeology and Early Peoples of the Highlands of Kenya and Northern Tanzania
Past and Presentism
Whither African History
Re-Representing African Pasts through Historical Archaeology
Hardcore Ethnography
Social memory and trauma in northwestern Tanzania
On Applied Archaeology, Indigenous Knowledge, and the Usable Past
| Citations per year | 1.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |