A Material Culture: Consumption and Materiality on the Coast of Precolonial East Africa

Author:   Stephanie Wynne-Jones (Lecturer, Lecturer, Department of Archaeology, University of York)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780198759317


Pages:   250
Publication Date:   19 May 2016
Format:   Hardback
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A Material Culture: Consumption and Materiality on the Coast of Precolonial East Africa


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Author:   Stephanie Wynne-Jones (Lecturer, Lecturer, Department of Archaeology, University of York)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.10cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.00cm
Weight:   0.432kg
ISBN:  

9780198759317


ISBN 10:   0198759312
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   19 May 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1: A Material Culture: Introduction 2: Objects in the Swahili World 3: Kilwa Kisiwani: Establishing a Town 4: Vumba Kuu: Negotiating Similarity and Difference 5: The Nyika: Moving Inland from the Coast 6: Community and Identity in Material Culture 7: The Indian Ocean Before the Arrival of Europeans 8: Swahili Material Worlds

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Dr Stephanie Wynne-Jones is a lecturer at the University of York. Her work focuses on the archaeology of the Swahili coast of eastern Africa and particularly on the role of objects and material culture in that society. Her previous roles include the Assistant Directorship of the British Institute in Eastern Africa and a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellowship. She has directed extensive fieldwork in eastern Africa, including at Songo Mnara, Uvinza, Ujiji, Mafia Island, Kilwa (Tanzania), and Vumba Kuu (Kenya).

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