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The Green, Green Grass of Home: an archaeo-ecological approach to pastoralist settlement in central Kenya

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cam.issuedOnline2016-12-05
dc.contributor.authorBoles, OJC
dc.contributor.authorLane, PJ
dc.contributor.orcidLane, Paul [0000-0002-9936-1310]
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-10T05:20:08Z
dc.date.available2018-10-10T05:20:08Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstract© 2016 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper considers the ecological residues of pastoralist occupation at the site of Maili Sita in Laikipia, central Kenya, drawing links with the archaeological record so as to contribute a fresh approach to the ephemeral settlement sites of mobile herding communities, a methodological aspect of African archaeology that remains problematic. Variations in the geochemical and micromorphological composition of soils along transects across the site are compared with vegetation distributions and satellite imagery to propose an occupation pattern not dissimilar to contemporary Cushitic-speaking groups further north. We argue that Maili Sita exemplifies the broad migratory and cultural exchange networks in place during the mid- to late second millennium AD, with pastoralist occupants who were both physically and culturally mobile.
dc.description.sponsorshipBritish Academy (2002-5 Funding) European Union - Marie Curie Initiatives (EXT grant 2007-11)
dc.identifier.doi10.17863/CAM.30839
dc.identifier.eissn1945-5534
dc.identifier.issn0067-270X
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/283473
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherInforma UK Limited
dc.publisher.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0067270x.2016.1249587
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectHistorical ecology
dc.subjectgeoarchaeology
dc.subjectpastoralism
dc.subjectLaikipia
dc.subjectKenya
dc.titleThe Green, Green Grass of Home: an archaeo-ecological approach to pastoralist settlement in central Kenya
dc.typeArticle
dcterms.dateAccepted2016-07-05
prism.endingPage530
prism.issueIdentifier4
prism.publicationDate2016
prism.publicationNameAzania
prism.startingPage507
prism.volume51
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2016-10-01
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rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review
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rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1080/0067270X.2016.1249587

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