Excavation of 19th century caravan trade halts in north-eastern Tanzania
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2009
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Nyame Akuma
Abstract
This report presents the preliminary results of
excavations conducted in the areas around Korogwe
district in Tanga region, north eastern Tanzania. The
work was carried out over two field seasons between
the months of July-September 2008 and 2009. This
investigation forms part of a broader research program
undertaken by the Historical Ecologies of East
African Landscapes (HEEAL) project based at the
University of York, UK. This parent project seeks to
reconstruct the long term history of human impacts
on East African landscapes over the last 500 years.
In keeping with this broader objective, the project
outlined here aims to investigate the relationship
between the expansion of the caravan trade during
the 19th century and possible agronomic transformation
and land-use changes in the areas crossed by
the caravan trade routes in the lower Pangani, north
eastern Tanzania.