Bead Grinders and Early Swahili Household Economy: Analysis of an Assemblage from Tumbe, Pemba Island, Tanzania, 7TH-10TH Centuries AD

This paper focuses on a specific class of locally made artifacts known in the archaeological literature of the eastern African coast as bead grinders. Bead grinders are discarded potsherds or stone cobbles distinguished by long grooves abraded into their surfaces. Although they are some of the most...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of African archaeology 2008-12, Vol.6 (2), p.161-181
Hauptverfasser:	Flexner, James L, Fleisher, Jeffrey B, LaViolette, Adria
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Archaeological research Beadmaking Comparative analysis Households Production systems Standardization Swahili Tanzania
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