Abstract
AbstractThis article presents the discovery and analysis of a new glass bead assemblage from the Swahili site of Mkokotoni, an early second millennium AD settlement in northwestern Zanzibar. It explores the possibilities for local production of glass beads using imported glass cullet or glass tubes at this site. Glass beads are ubiquitous at archaeological sites from the second millennium on the East African coast. They are presumed to have been traded via long-distance networks from South and Southeast Asia, and used locally in personal adornment, barter, and ritual practices. However, the data from Mkokotoni offers a new and unique perspective on glass bead-making traditions, which places the East African coast as an area of production and distribution.
Funder
anna maria lundins stipendiefond
sederholms utrikes stipend
kungliga humanistiska vetenskaps-samfundet
societas archaeologica upsaliensis
Uppsala University
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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