Archaeological Perspective on the Impacts of Caravan Trade Expansion in East Africa: Emerging Alternative Histories

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dc.contributor.authorBiginagwa, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorKatto, Philbert
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-08T15:36:00Z
dc.date.available2023-02-08T15:36:00Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThe last two decades have witnessed an increase of archaeological research interest in the East African caravan trade, a topic that was traditionally exclusive to historians. Long-term empirical evidence currently generated by archaeologists continues to consolidate our understanding of the caravan trade, and helps to question some inferences previously drawn from colonial libraries. This paper presents archaeological evidence unearthed from the Northern and Southern caravan routes located in the corresponding areas in the contemporary northern and southern Tanzania. The paper engages material evidence to re-examine some of the consequences of the caravan trade commonly reported in historical writings. Doing so, the paper demonstrates the utility of considering material culture records in studying and re-writing Africa’s recent past.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipHistorical Ecologies of East African Landscapes (HEEAL) European Union Marie Curie Excellence Grant (MEXT-CT-2006-042704)en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5979
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUDSMen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 9 (3);
dc.subjectnorthern route, southern route, material culture, historical archaeology, Tanzania.en_US
dc.titleArchaeological Perspective on the Impacts of Caravan Trade Expansion in East Africa: Emerging Alternative Historiesen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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