The ceramics of the Lamu archipelago

Abstract

This work is based upon a large ceramic collection taken from the excavations at Manda and sondages and surface collections from many places in the Lamu archipelago and along the coast of Kenya to the Somali border. Its purpose is to record and comment upon the ceramics found there. The history of the area is summarised. It i hoped that the culture represented by these ceramics, its continuity and change , will thus be the better envisaged and understood. Th reoordill8 is complete and is accompanied reconstruction where appropriate. It records in detail minor matters of shape and decoration, where possible putting these variations in an archaeological context