New Dates for Kansyore and Urewe Wares from Northern Nyanza, Kenya

Lane, Paul; Ashley, Ceri; Oteyo, Gilbert

doi:10.1080/00672700609480438

Cited by 48 publications

(32 citation statements)

References 20 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The issues of localised variation and craftsmanship found in Urewe collections is highlighted when compared with ceramics found from the fifth to sixth centuries AD levels of the multi-component site of Usenge 3 in Nyanza, Kenya (Tables 2, 3; see also Dale and Ashley 2010;Lane et al 2006Lane et al , 2007. Although superficially resembling Urewe ceramics in aspects of typology, it is nonetheless clear that the producers of this ceramic, here termed 'Contact Urewe', did not place the same emphasis on quality of manufacture and finish, thus creating a completely localised and unique variant of Urewe (see Fig.…”

Section: Contact Urewementioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Towards a Socialised Archaeology of Ceramics in Great Lakes Africa

Ashley

2010

Afr Archaeol Rev

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper presents results of recent research in Kenya and Uganda on ceramics from the first and early to mid second millennia AD. Whereas previous research has tended to emphasise the role of ceramics as chronological tools, or as an index of past ethno-linguistic identity, this paper will emphasise the role of ceramics as functioning tools. Combining archive and published data with new results from fieldwork, the evidence presented here demonstrates continuity of settlement in the Victoria Nyanza region between first millennium Urewe users and second millennium Transitional Urewe and Entebbe ceramics, and the emergence of specialist lacustrine communities. The changing nature of ceramics over this time span is compared with evidence from historical linguistics to suggest a shift in social authority from the family home to the wider community in the second millennium, and the growing influence of economic wealth or individual leadership.Résumée Cet article présente les résultats d'une étude récente au Kenya et en Ouganda sur la céramique datant du premier jusqu'au milieu du deuxième millénnaire A.D. Contrairement aux études précédentes qui ont eu tendance à privilégier le rôle des céramiques en tant qu'outils chronologiques ou indices d'indentité ethno-linguistique, cet essai mettra l'accent sur leur aspect fonctionnel. Se basant sur des recherches d'archives amplifiées de données publiées et d'autres provenant de travail de terrain, les faits présentés ici démontrent la continuité de l'occupation humaine dans la région de Victoria Nyanza entre les utilisateurs de poterie Urewe du premier millénnaire et les céramiques transitionnelles Urewe et Entebe du deuxième millénnaire, et l'émergence des communautés lacustres spécialistes. Les transformations observées dans la nature de la céramique sont comparées avec des données de linguistique historique. Elles suggèrent un

show abstract

Section: Contact Urewementioning

confidence: 99%

“…1; see also Ashley 2005;Ashley and Reid 2008;Lane et al 2006Lane et al , 2007Posnansky et al 2005;Reid 2003;Reid and Ashley 2008, forthcoming). In particular, discussion will concentrate on communities on and around (Lake) Victoria Nyanza, focusing on the under-studied EIA/LIA transition in an examination of Urewe and post-Urewe ceramic patterning.…”

mentioning

confidence: 93%

Towards a Socialised Archaeology of Ceramics in Great Lakes Africa

Ashley

2010

Afr Archaeol Rev

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Little is known about LSA hunter-gatherer plant use in east Africa, but ethnographic analogies suggest people would have been consuming, tending, and transplanting wild plants to varying degrees (Marshall, 2001;Marlowe and Berbesque, 2009). On the shores of Lake Turkana and Lake Victoria, hunter-fisher-gatherer peoples also intensively exploited lacustrine resources including fish and shellfish (Robbins, 1972;Lane et al, 2006Lane et al, , 2007Dale and Ashley, 2010;Prendergast and Lane, 2010;Prendergast and Beyin, in press). …”

Section: Livelihood Strategies In Amboseli From the Mid Holocenementioning

confidence: 99%

Pollen, People and Place: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Ecosystem Change at Amboseli, Kenya

et al. 2018

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study presents a multidisciplinary perspective for understanding environmental change and emerging socio-ecological interactions across the Amboseli region of southwestern Kenya. We focus on late Holocene (<5,000 cal yr. BP) changes and continuities reconstructed from sedimentary, archeological, historical records and socio-ecological models. We utilize multi-disciplinary approaches to understand environmental-ecosystem-social interactions over the longue durée and use this to simulate different land use scenarios supporting conservation and sustainable livelihoods using a socio-ecological model. Today the semi-arid Amboseli landscape supports a large livestock and wildlife population, sustained by a wide variety of plants and extensive rangelands regulated by seasonal rainfall and human activity. Our data provide insight into how large-scale and long-term interactions of climate, people, livestock, wildlife and external connections have shaped the ecosystems across the Amboseli landscape. Environmental conditions were dry between ∼5,000 and 2,000 cal yr. BP, followed by two wet periods at ∼2,100-1,500 and 1,400-800 cal yr. BP with short dry periods; the most recent centuries were characterized by variable climate with alternative dry and wet phases with high spatial heterogeneity. Most evident in paleo and historical records is the changing woody to grass cover ratio, driven by changes in climate and fire regimes entwined with fluctuating elephant, cattle and wild ungulate populations moderated by human activity, including elephant ivory trade intensification. Archeological perspectives on the occupation of different groups (hunter-gatherers, pastoralists, and farmers) in Amboseli region and the relationships between them are discussed. An overview of the known history of humans and elephants, expanding networks of trade, and the arrival and integration of metallurgy, livestock and domesticated crops in the wider region is provided. In recent decades, increased runoff and flooding have resulted in the expansion of wetlands and a reduction of woody vegetation, compounding problems created by increased enclosure and privatization of these landscapes. However, most Githumbi et al.Long-Term Multidisciplinary Perspectives at Amboseli, Kenya of the wetlands outside of the protected area are drying up because of the intensified water extraction by the communities surrounding the National Park and on the adjacent mountains areas, who have increased in numbers, become sedentary and diversified land use around the wetlands.

show abstract

“…This material may therefore help identify Urewe samples of uncertain provenance held by the Uganda Museum (Ashley, personal comm. ), and indeed the inclusion of stratigraphic notes alongside artefact drawings and photographs is likely to be of wider interest given the relative paucity of well stratified examples of Urewe ware (Lane et al 2006). A sequence of 11 photographs showing the construction of a smelting furnace and a further six images showing the same smiths manufacturing tuyeres may be of similar interest, especially given that opportunities to examine these practices directly are becoming increasing rare.…”

mentioning

confidence: 96%

Hamo Sassoon’s Personal Archive. Comments on Material Recently Gifted to the BIEA

Stump

2008

Afr Archaeol Rev

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

New Dates for Kansyore and Urewe Wares from Northern Nyanza, Kenya

Cited by 48 publications

References 20 publications

Towards a Socialised Archaeology of Ceramics in Great Lakes Africa

Towards a Socialised Archaeology of Ceramics in Great Lakes Africa

Pollen, People and Place: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Ecosystem Change at Amboseli, Kenya

Hamo Sassoon’s Personal Archive. Comments on Material Recently Gifted to the BIEA

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About