When Did the Swahili Become Maritime?

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dc.citation.firstpage100en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber1en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleAmerican Anthropologisten_US
dc.citation.lastpage115en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber117en_US
dc.contributor.authorFleisher, Jeffreyen_US
dc.contributor.authorLane, Paulen_US
dc.contributor.authorLaViolette, Adriaen_US
dc.contributor.authorHorton, Marken_US
dc.contributor.authorPollard, Edwarden_US
dc.contributor.authorMorales, Eréndira Quintanaen_US
dc.contributor.authorVernet, Thomasen_US
dc.contributor.authorChristie, Annalisaen_US
dc.contributor.authorWynne-Jones, Stephanieen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-02T16:58:31Zen_US
dc.date.available2015-03-02T16:58:31Zen_US
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this article, we examine an assumption about the historic Swahili of the eastern African coast: that they were a maritime society from their beginnings in the first millennium C.E. Based on historical and archaeological data, we suggest that, despite their proximity to and use of the sea, the level of maritimity of Swahili society increased greatly over time and was only fully realized in the early second millennium C.E. Drawing on recent theorizing from other areas of the world about maritimity as well as research on the Swahili, we discuss three arenas that distinguish first- and second-millennium coastal society in terms of their maritime orientation. These are variability and discontinuity in settlement location and permanence; evidence of increased engagement with the sea through fishing and sailing technology; and specialized architectural developments involving port facilities, mosques, and houses. The implications of this study are that we must move beyond coastal location in determining maritimity; consider how the sea and its products were part of social life; and assess whether the marine environment actively influences and is influenced by broader patterns of sociocultural organization, practice, and belief within Swahili and other societies. en_US
dc.identifier.citationFleisher, Jeffrey, Lane, Paul, LaViolette, Adria, et al.. "When Did the Swahili Become Maritime?." <i>American Anthropologist,</i> 117, no. 1 (2015) John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: 100-115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aman.12171.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aman.12171en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/79054en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.en_US
dc.rightsThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.subject.keywordmaritimeen_US
dc.subject.keywordfishing and sailingen_US
dc.subject.keywordlong-distance tradeen_US
dc.subject.keywordSwahilien_US
dc.subject.keywordeastern Africaen_US
dc.titleWhen Did the Swahili Become Maritime?en_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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