Ceramics from the wreck of a Portuguese ship at Mombasa

Sassoon, Hamo

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“…While shipwrecks with ceramic cargos are fairly common, Portuguese ceramics cargos have been recorded in only a few sites (Martin, ; Marken, ; Gutierrez, ). The most well known are the Santíssimo Sacramento (1668) off the Bahia coast in Brazil and the Santo António de Taná (1697) off the Mombasa coast in Kenya (Pernambucano de Mello, ; Sassoon, ). Evidence has also been found for a similar cargo off the coast of South Africa (Waal, ).…”

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A Late 17th‐Century Trade Cargo from Ponta do Leme Velho, Sal Island, Cape Verde

Gomes

Casimiro

Gonçalves

2014

International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

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In 1973, while recovering copper cargo from a 20th-century ship wrecked off the Ponta do Leme Velho on the south-east side of Sal Island, Cape Verde, explosives revealed an earlier ship cargo with dozens of Portuguese faience plates and bowls, glass beads and metal objects, including buckles, ammunition and copper manillas. The assemblage, including the ceramics and a marked silver tastevin, provide a site date between 1680 and 1700. The research presented here is a result of collaboration between CPAS and the authors in 2008 to analyse this assemblage in the context of late 17th-century maritime trade.

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A Late 17th‐Century Trade Cargo from Ponta do Leme Velho, Sal Island, Cape Verde

Gomes

Casimiro

Gonçalves

2014

International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

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“…ISSN: 1133-4525 ISSN-e: 2255 http://dx.doi.org/10.12795/spal.1993.i2.11 pintura de caballete del momento (especialmente el s. XVII) la cual refleja a veces vasos y diverso menaje (Lister y Lister, 1987: 147 ss., 307-309;South et al, 1988: 213 y ss. ;Seseña, 1991), acercamientos etnográficos o hallazgos completos procedentes de pecios subacuáticos (Martin, 1979;Sassoon, 1981) 2. Son una inmejorable fuente de datos para conocer y completar las tipologías de la producción alfarera de una localidad.…”

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Tipología de la cerámica bajomedieval y moderna sevillana (s. XV-XVIII): I, la loza quebrada de relleno de bóvedas

Jiménez¹,

Carredano²

1993

SPAL

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Por FERNANDO DE AMORES CARREDANO NIEVES CHIS VERT JIMÉNEZRESUMEN: En este artículo se ofrece por vez primera una tipología de 212 formas de cerámicas comunes producidas en Triana (Sevilla), Marchena y Carmona entre los siglos XV a XVIII. Los datos proceden de las colecciones de vasos defectuosos rescatados de los rellenos de bóvedas de edificios. Se garantizan con ello lugares de producción exactos y cronologías precisas para series de vasos completos.ABSTRACT: This article offers the first typology of 212 shapes from 15th to 18th centuries Triana (Sevilla), Marchena and Carmona coarse ware. The information has been recorded from the interior of a large number of well dated vaulting roofs. So that it is possible to determine exact production sites and precise chronologies of complete vessels series.Los estudios sobre cerámica común cristiana de la Baja Edad Media y Moderna (ss. XIII-XVIII) son prácticamente inexistentes en el caso de la Baja Andalucía. Las causas de tal carencia se corresponden fielmente a la falta de interés habida por parte de la investigación arqueológica por estas etapas del desarrollo histórico.Es fácilmente comprobable cómo ciertas etapas de nuestro pasado, sin tradición investigadora y de contínuo registro en la actualidad, tan siquiera se han dotado de los necesarios instrumentos descriptivos de sus artefactos. Ello permitiría avanzar con mayor rapidez en otros niveles de análisis e interpretación que redunden en beneficio de la solvencia de la arqueología en las etapas medievales y postmedievales.La arqueología urbana y la arqueología de los monumentos han sido incorporadas por pleno derecho y con especial énfasis en arios recientes y sólo a través de su aplicación ha podido surgir un registro arqueológico correspondiente a tales etapas. SPAL 2 (1993): 269-325

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“…Schuyler's definition made it unlikely that Chinese or even Indian archaeologists would be attracted by the concept, and in the African context it fitted only parts of the evidence, such as A.W. Lawrence's trading forts on the West African coast (Lawrence 1963) or Hamo Sassoon's ceramics from a Portuguese shipwreck at Mombasa (Sassoon 1981).…”

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Historical Archaeology in Africa: An Appropriate Concept?

Connah

2007

Afr Archaeol Rev

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The term ' historical archaeology' originated in the United States and was subsequently adopted in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, all places subjected to European colonization during the last few centuries. The idea of historical archaeology has had relatively little application in Europe, birthplace of the antithetical idea of prehistory. In Africa, other than at the southern tip of the continent, the practice of what is called historical archaeology has developed only recently and the relevance of the concept in Africa might be questioned. There are chronological problems in its application: not only are the interfaces between preliterate and literate societies spread over thousands of years in different areas but they can at times be regressive. The matter is further complicated if the term historical archaeology is used for societies whose history is oral not written. However, there is an ambiguity in this concept that also has methodological and other connotations. In these respects the idea of historical archaeology does perhaps have a place in Africa as a whole, but it represents a compartmentalization of our discipline still inadequately defined. Résumé Le concept d'« archéologie historique » a pour origine les États-Unis et a ensuite été adopté au Canada, en Australie, en Nouvelle Zélande et en Afrique du Sud. Autrement dit, dans tous les pays qui ont fait l'objet d'une colonisation lors des siècles derniers. L'idée d'archéologie historique est peu répandue en Europe où prévaut la notion antithétique de préhistoire. En Afrique, mise à part l'extrémité sud du continent, la pratique de ce que l'on appelle l'archéologie historique s'est développée uniquement récemment ; aussi la pertinence de ce concept pourrait être remise en cause. Il existe des problèmes chronologiques qui ont une incidence sur son application : non seulement les interfaces entre les sociétés pré-alphabétisées et alphabétisées s'étendent dans différentes zones sur plusieurs milliers d'années, mais elles peuvent parfois être régressives. Le sujet se complique davantage si le concept d'archéologie historique est utilisé pour des sociétés dont l'histoire est orale et non Afr Archaeol Rev (2007) 24:35-40 écrite. Il existe alors une ambiguïté qui a des incidences méthodologiques et autres. Sous ce rapport, l'idée d'archéologie historique a sans doute une raison d'être en Afrique dans son ensemble, mais représente une compartimentalisation encore inadéquatement définie de notre discipline.

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Ceramics from the wreck of a Portuguese ship at Mombasa

Cited by 25 publications

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A Late 17th‐Century Trade Cargo from Ponta do Leme Velho, Sal Island, Cape Verde

A Late 17th‐Century Trade Cargo from Ponta do Leme Velho, Sal Island, Cape Verde

Tipología de la cerámica bajomedieval y moderna sevillana (s. XV-XVIII): I, la loza quebrada de relleno de bóvedas

Historical Archaeology in Africa: An Appropriate Concept?

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