Nampula tradition

The Nampula tradition (named after Nampula ) is the name for ceramics and an associated prehistoric, Iron Age culture in the north of Mozambique , which dates back to the first millennium AD. It is one of the earliest arable crops in the region. Although this culture is known from various sites, it has so far been little researched.

The Nampula tradition is divided into three phases and is mainly recorded in the interior and not on the coast of northern Mozambique. In the Nampula A phase, the ceramic is mainly decorated with incised ribbons. It dates to the first half of the first millennium. In phase B, which dates to the sixth and seventh centuries, the ceramics are mostly decorated with indented dot patterns. Phase C dates from the seventh to the thirteenth centuries. The ceramic is now decorated with intersecting line and dot patterns.

Millet and sorghum were grown, although it is unclear whether this was the main food source.

literature

• PJJ Sinclair, JM Morais, L. Adamowicz, RT Duarte: A Perspective on archeology research in Mozambique : In The Archeology of Africa , edited by T. Shaw, P. Sinclair, B. Andah, A. Okpoko, London / New York 1993 , Pp. 421-31 ISBN 0-415-11585-X