Mkia wa Ng'ombe explained
| Mkia wa Ng'ombe Ruins |
| Map Type: | Tanzania |
| Relief: | yes |
| Location: | Micheweni District,
Pemba North Region,
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| Type: | Settlement |
| Material: | Coral rag |
| Built: | 12th century CE |
| Abandoned: | 15th century CE |
| Cultures: | Swahili |
| Architectural Styles: | Swahili & Islamic |
| Condition: | Endangered |
| Ownership: | Tanzanian Government |
| Management: | Antiquities Division, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism [1] |
| Designation1: | NHST |
| Designation1 Offname: | Mkia wa Ng'ombe Ruins Historic Site |
| Designation1 Type: | Cultural |
Mkia wa Ng'ombe Ruins (Magofu ya mji wa Kale wa Mkia wa Ng'ombe in Swahili) is protected historic site located inside Micheweni District of Pemba North Region in Tanzania. The settlement was established around the 15th CE and abandoned in the 16th century. There are ruins of a mosque, tombs and some stone buildings. The site is critically endangered to further erosion.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Antiquities Division. 21 Jul 2022.
- Spear . Thomas . Early Swahili History Reconsidered . The International Journal of African Historical Studies . 2000 . 33 . 2 . 257–290 . 10.2307/220649 . 220649 .
- Kessy . Emmanuel T. . The economic basis and the location of same 'iron age' settlement on pemba and zanzibar . August 1992 .
- Zhao . Bing . Global Trade and Swahili Cosmopolitan Material Culture: Chinese-Style Ceramic Shards from Sanje ya Kati and Songo Mnara (Kilwa, Tanzania) . Journal of World History . 2012 . 23 . 1 . 41–85 . 10.1353/jwh.2012.0018 . . 41508051 . 144646037 .
- Fleisher . Jeffrey B. . Swahili Synoecism: Rural Settlements and Town Formation on the Central East African Coast, A.D. 750–1500 . Journal of Field Archaeology . 2010 . 35 . 3 . 265–282 . 10.1179/009346910X12707321358919 . 24406708 . 140142071 .
- Book: Ingrams . W. H. . Zanzibar: Its History and Its People . 1967 . Psychology Press . 978-0-7146-1102-0 . al.ch.document.puhc025 .
