The salt of Bunyoro: seeking the origins of an African Kingdom
- 1 March 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Vol. 65 (248) , 479-494
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x0008008x
Abstract
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.Keywords
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