East African landscapes today are the result of the cumulative effects of climate and land-
use change over millennial timescales. In this review, we compile archaeological and …

This new revised edition of African Civilizations re-examines the physical evidence for
developing social complexity in Africa over the last six thousand years. Unlike the two …

The spread of agriculture across sub-Saharan Africa has long been attributed to the large-
scale migration of Bantu-speaking groups out of their west Central African homeland from …

Africa has the longest and arguably the most diverse archaeological record of any of the
continents. It is where the human lineage first evolved and from where Homo sapiens …

With mobile money technologies, people use mobile phones to send money to friends and
relatives, connect to bank accounts, and make payments. This research examines the role of …

In this article, we respond to an article by Jeffrey Fleisher et al.(2015) in which they pose the
question: When did the Swahili become maritime? We draw from our research findings in …

The archaeological community worldwide now readily recognizes the role and significance
of interregional interaction in the development and sustenance of urban societies (eg …

The Swahili are arguably the most studied society in ancient Sub-Saharan Africa. The
Swahili are of African in origin but balance their character between continental Africa and …

Archaeologists are interested in understanding whether cross-cultural contact catalyzed by
exchange of commodities is a means for people to acquire new technology and cultural …

Research on the archaeology of the coast of eastern Africa is closely associated with the
earliest days of the British Institute in Eastern Africa and in many ways quickly became …