Journal
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 4, Issue 2, Pages 145-159Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-012-0090-7
Keywords
Geoarchaeology; Phytoliths; Domestic space; Swahili archaeology
Funding
- Social Sciences Research Institute
- Rice University Field School
- Leverhulme Trust
- AHRC [AH/J502716/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Arts and Humanities Research Council [AH/J502716/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie
- Division Of Behavioral and Cognitive Sci [1123091] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Geoarchaeological and archaeobotanical techniques are increasingly applied to the study of urban and domestic space. However, they are seldom performed as part of an integrative approach, where the soil and botanical micro-records are used together. This paper presents the preliminary results of ongoing research at Songo Mnara in Tanzania that combines customised intra-site soil macro- and micromorphological analyses, chemical analysis and the study of phytoliths. The research is part of a multidisciplinary project on the use of urban space in Swahili stonetowns. By eliciting multiple datasets from Songo Mnara, this paper illustrates the potential of integrating geoarchaeology and archaeobotany to investigate the use of space in urban contexts. The approach is a novelty within the context of Swahili archaeology and an emerging one in Africa.
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