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Articles

An ethnoarchaeological study of Twa potters in southern Rwanda

Pages 298-320 | Published online: 06 Dec 2010
 

Abstract

This article presents an ethnoarchaeological study of Twa potter communities in southern Rwanda. The study was conducted in summer 2007 and explored pottery production within four Twa communities. Field research consisted of recording production sequences within the communities and conducting individual interviews with 18 potters. Drawing from the field data, this article critically considers the archaeological implications of this ethnoarchaeological research, and more specifically how the results of the study support and contradict previous archaeological assumptions concerning Twa pottery.

Cet article présente une étude ethnoarchéologique des communautés des potiers Twa au Rwanda méridional. L'étude a été entreprise en été 2007 et a exploré la production de poterie au sein des quatre communautés Twa. Les recherches se sont composées de l'enregistrement des séquences de production dans ces communautés et des entrevues avec dix-huit potiers. Cet article considère en critique les implications archéologiques de cette recherche ethnoarchéologique, et plus spécifiquement comment les résultats de l'étude soutiennent et contredisent des hypothèses archéologiques précédentes au sujet de la poterie Twa.

Acknowledgements

I should like to thank John Giblin and Jane Humphris for introducing me to the archaeology of Rwanda and for their encouragement and advice, both in the field and at the UCL Institute of Archaeology. I am also much indebted to Dr Kevin MacDonald and Dr Andrew Reid for their advice, guidance and support. In addition, I should like to thank Prof. Paul Sinclair, Dr Anneli Ekblom and Dr Ceri Ashley for their comments on this paper.

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