Swahili urbanisation, trade and food production : botanical perspectives from Pemba Island, Tanzania, AD 600-1500 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Walshaw, Sarah, 1972- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, England : Archaeopress, Publishers of British Archaeological Reports, 2015.
Series:	Cambridge monographs in African archaeology ; 90. BAR international series ; 2755.
Subjects:	Pemba Island (Tanzania) > History > To 1500. Swahili-speaking peoples > Tanzania > Pemba Island > History > To 1500. Swahili-speaking peoples > Agriculture > Tanzania > Pemba Island > History > To 1500. Plant remains (Archaeology) > Tanzania > Pemba Island. Plants and civilization > Tanzania > Pemba Island. Food crops > Tanzania > Pemba Island > History > To 1500. Urbanization > Tanzania > Pemba Island > History > To 1500. Restes de plantes (Archéologie) > Tanzanie > Pemba (Île) Plantes et civilisation > Tanzanie > Pemba (Île) Food crops Plant remains (Archaeology) Plants and civilization Swahili-speaking peoples Urbanization Tanzania > Pemba Island To 1500 Electronic books. History
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Table of Contents:

Introduction
Urbanization and the rise of specialized food production
Pemba in the Swahili world : natural and cultural contexts of Swahili life
Field and laboratory methods
Archaeobotanical results from A.D. 600-1000 on Pemba Island: Tumbe and Kimimba
Archaeobotanical results from second millennium A.D. Pemba: Chwaka, Kaliwa, and Mazrui Tumbe
Testing the urban food production model: archaeobotanical patterns on Pemba Island
Swahili food production in local and regional perspective
Conclusions.