Historic Caravans in Tanzania: Towards reinvigorating multidisciplinary exploration
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2022-03
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Taylor and Francis
Abstract
Although the nineteenth-century caravan trade is extensively documented in
both primary and secondary sources, there are still some knowledge gaps to
be addressed. In particular, there is a need to generate a clear understanding
of prevailing situations prior to the expansion of the pre-1840 caravan trade
and to set a reference baseline against which changes can be examined. It is
on this basis that archaeological research like those examples presented here
needs to be encouraged in order to make important contributions to this topic.
Additional long-term empirical information can help to reveal how much the
material lives of local populations were actually transformed as a consequence
of caravan trade expansion in the region, and how this model can be applied
elsewhere. Multidisciplinary research projects designed within the framework
of historical ecology should therefore be invigorated (Lane 2010).
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Historical archaeology