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The salt of Bunyoro: seeking the origins of an African Kingdom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Graham Connah
Graham Connah*
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Department of Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia
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Excavations at the salt-making village of Kibiro, on the Ugandan shore of Lake Albert in East Africa, suggest that an important part of the economy of the Kingdom of Bunyoro originated early in the present millennium. The predominance of roulette-decorated pottery, in particular the use of carved roulettes, indicates that Kibiro was first occupied by people with northern affinities, possibly from the upper Nile region or further west. Collectively, these findings provide important clues concerning the origins of the Kingdom of Bunyoro.

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Antiquity , Volume 65 , Issue 248 , September 1991 , pp. 479 - 494
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1991

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