Beyond Commoner and Elite in Swahili Society: Re-Examination of Archaeological Materials from Gede, Kenya.
The Swahili communities of the East African coast created one of the best-known societies of precolonial Africa, combining cultural influences from throughout the Indian Ocean world with those of their continental African roots. Of the many Swahili towns and communities, Gede is among the most famou...
| Publicado en: | African Archaeological Review Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 213 - 249 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=137114771&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 137114771 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 02630338 N6B jtl: African Archaeological Review issn: 02630338 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2019 vid: 36 iid: 2 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 137114771 10.1007/s10437-019-09326-0 ppf: 213 ppct: 36 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 7.7MB tig: atl: Beyond Commoner and Elite in Swahili Society: Re-Examination of Archaeological Materials from Gede, Kenya. aug: au: Pawlowicz, Matthew affil: Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA su: Swahili-speaking peoples Material culture Sociocultural factors Acquisition of data Kenya sug: subj: Kenya Swahili-speaking peoples Material culture Sociocultural factors Acquisition of data keyword: East Africa Social difference Swahili ab: The Swahili communities of the East African coast created one of the best-known societies of precolonial Africa, combining cultural influences from throughout the Indian Ocean world with those of their continental African roots. Of the many Swahili towns and communities, Gede is among the most famous because of its extensive, well-preserved stone ruins and long tradition of archaeological work. Yet research at the site has primarily investigated its elite inhabitants or pursued broad culture-historical questions. One significant exception was a PhD dissertation project undertaken in the early 2000s by Lynn Koplin, but unfortunately never finished or published. By analyzing the data collected by Koplin, the daily lives of the town's inhabitants and patterns of economic and social difference inside and outside the town walls begin to come into focus. This study provides us with important insights into the functioning of Swahili society during a less well-known period, the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Gede reached its apogee during this period. The data especially provide a significant case study for exploring the diversity among Swahili "commoners" in the cosmopolitan centers of the East African littoral. Résumé: Les communautés swahili de la côte est-africaine ont créé l'une des sociétés les plus connues de l'Afrique précoloniale, alliant les influences culturelles de l'ensemble du monde de l'océan Indien à celles de leurs racines africaines continentales. Parmi les nombreuses villes et communautés swahili, Gede est. parmi les plus célèbres en raison de ses vastes ruines de pierre bien préservées et de sa longue tradition de travaux archéologiques. Pourtant, les recherches sur le site ont principalement porté sur ses habitants d'élite ou sur de vastes questions de culture et d'histoire. Une exception notable était un projet de recherche doctorale entrepris au début des années 2000 par Lynn Koplin, mais malheureusement jamais achevé ni publié. En analysant les données collectées par Koplin, la vie quotidienne des habitants de la ville et les schémas de différences économiques et sociales à l'intérieur et à l'extérieur des murs de la ville commencent à se préciser. Cette étude nous fournit des informations importantes sur le fonctionnement de la société swahili au cours d'une période moins connue, les quinzième et seizième siècles. Gede a atteint son apogée pendant cette période. Les données fournissent en particulier une étude de cas significative pour explorer la diversité parmi les «roturiers» swahili dans les centres cosmopolites du littoral est-africain. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: African Archaeological Review is a copyright of Springer, 2019. All Rights Reserved. item: African Archaeological Review holder: Springer Nature dt: @attributes: year: 2019 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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