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Societies, Religion, and History

Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE

Rhonda M. Gonzales

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Recasting Early History in Central-East Tanzania
  • 2. From Hinterland to Motherland: The Northeast-Coastal Culture Zone
  • 3. Ruvu Societies and Worldview
  • 4. More than a Stage: Life Position, Gender, and Lineal Power
  • 5. Healing the Body: Etiology, Caregivers, and Prevention
  • 6. A Tapestry of the Ruvu Past: An Overview to c. 1800 CE
  • Illustrations
  • Appendix
  • Abbreviations
  • Bibliography
  • Map base imagery by NASA World Wind.
  • Gutenberg-e Home
  • © 2008 Columbia University Press

Illustrations

  • Figure 1: Proto-Ruvu Divergence and Internal Group Contact (PDF)
  • Figure 2: Potsherd Illustrations from Sites of the Central Tanzania Coast
  • Map 1: Azania Bantu, c. 200 BCE–1 CE
  • Map 2: Azania and Upland Bantu, c. 1–200 CE
  • Map 3: Proto-Northeast Coastal Bantu, c. 300 CE
  • Map 4: Northeast Coastal Bantu Language Groups, c. 500–600 CE
  • Map 5: Northeast Coastal Bantu Language Groups, c. 600 CE
  • Map 6: Northeast Coastal Bantu Language Groups, c. 800–900 CE
  • Map 7: Ruvu Peoples and Neighbors, c. 1400 CE
  • Map 8: Ruvu Peoples and Neighbors, c. 1500 CE
  • Map 9: Ruvu Peoples and Neighbors, c. 1700 CE
  • Map Slideshow 1: c. 200 BCE to 1700 CE
  • Map Slideshow 2: c. 1700 CE to 200 BCE
  • Schemata 1: Proto-Ruvu Language Divergence Sequence
  • Table 1: Ruvu Shared Cognation Percentages (PDF)
  • Table 2: Glottochronology-Derived Median Dating Estimates (PDF)