Use of Zanzibar copal (Hymenaea verrucosa Gaertn.) as incense at Unguja Ukuu, Tanzania in the 7-8th century CE: Chemical insights into trade and Indian Ocean interactions

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 374-390

  Crowther, Alison ^a   Veall, Margaret Ashley ^b,c   Boivin, Nicole ^b   Horton, Mark ^d   Kotarba Morley, Anna ^b,e   Fuller, Dorian Q ^f   Fenn, Thomas ^g   Haji, Othman ^h   Matheson, Carney D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Department of Museums and Antiquities ^*  (Tanzania)

Author keywords

East africa; GC MS; Hymenaea verrucosa; Incense burner; Indian ocean trade; Residue analysis; Zanzibar copal

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; BRASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERIAL CULTURE; TRADE FLOW;

INDIAN OCEAN; TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

BURSERA FAGAROIDES; HYMENAEA VERRUCOSA;

EID: 84912003179     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.10.008     Document Type: Article

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