British Institute in Eastern Africa
The British Institute in Eastern Africa is based in Nairobi from where it sponsors archaeological research and fieldwork throughout Eastern Africa from the Sudan to Zimbabwe. It publishes a series of Memoirs on its major projects.
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Manda: Excavations at an Island Port on the Kenyan Coast
by Neville Chittick
Structures include early burnt brick buildings; buildings of stone; sea-walls built for land reclamation. Chinese ceramics and Islamic pottery and glass provide evidence of trade and date: ninth century onwards. Exports would have included mangrove poles, ...
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Kibiro: The salt of Bunyoro, past and present
by Graham Connah
Archaeological investigations at Kibiro on the Ugandan shore of Lake Albert have revealed a tradition of salt making which has lasted for nearly 1000 years. Women still exploit the salt-rich soil around the hot springs of this arid area, using an original ...
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Soba
by D. A. Welsby and C. M. Daniels
Soba was the `rich and prosperous' capital of the Medieval Kingdom of Alwa in Central Sudan. Situated on the Blue Nile, some 20 km above Khartoum, its remains today are no more than a heap of mounds. This report records the results of survey and ...
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Excavations at Aksum
by S. C. Munro-Hay
An account of research undertaken by Neville Chittick at the ancient Ethiopian capital between 1972 and 1974. Major tombs were excavated and shown to be linked with the famous stelae. Study of the Aksumite coinage has yielded important revisions of the chronology. Full descriptions of the excavations and accounts of the small finds. 359p with numerous text figs and photos. (British Inst Eastern Africa, Memoir 10, 1989)
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Archaeology at Aksum, Ethiopia, 1993-7
by David W Phillipson
This two-volume work provides a detailed account of five seasons' archaeological research at Aksum, which Dr Phillipson directed on behalf of the British Institute in Eastern Africa, supported by a major research grant from the Society of Antiquaries. ...
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Monuments of Aksum
compiled and edited by David W. Philipson
The ancient Ethiopian capital at Aksum in Tigray is one of Africa's most spectacular archaeological sites. During the first seven centuries AD, it was the metropolis of a major civilisation whose influence extended far beyond its homeland. The first and ...
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The Prehistory of Eastern Zambia
by David Phillipson
Results of three archaeological rock-shelter excavations and surveys of minor sites conducted in eastern Zambia in 1966, 1970 and 1971 revealinig an archaeological sequence covering the later phases of the Middle and the development of the Late Stone Age. ...
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Fifty Years in the Archaeology of Africa
Smith, L.
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Nyanga: Ancient fields, settlements and agricultural history in Zimbabwe
by Robert Soper
The stone ruins of the Nyanga area of eastern Zimbabwe have intrigued observers since they were first reported to the outside world at the end of the 19th century. The early fanciful speculations about their meaning have been gradually tempered over the ...
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Growth of Farming Communities in Africa from Equator Southwards
edited by J Sutton
The settlement of Bantu Africa by early Iron Age farmers has been an issue of central importance in African history. This volume, which arose from a conference in Cambridge in 1994, draws together a cross-disciplinary review of the emergence and growth of ...
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