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Rice University: Houston, TX, US

2007 to present | Professor (Anthropology)
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Jeffrey Fleisher

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University of Virginia: Charlottesville, VA, US

1995 to 2003 | PhD (Anthropology)
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Jeffrey Fleisher

Funding (5)

The Demographics of Pre-History: South Central Africa Through Archaeology and Linguistics

2019-01-01 to 2021-12-31 | Grant
National Endowment for the Humanities (Washington D.C., US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.7925461
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RZ-260900-18
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Fish as a delicacy and a staple: Social status and the daily meal at the 14th to 16th century town of Songo Mnara, Tanzania

2015-06-01 to 2017-05-31 | Grant
Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.4058526
GRANT_NUMBER: 1514486
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AHRC-NSF MOU: Swahili Town Planning: The Songo Mnara Urban Landscape

2011-06-15 to 2017-05-31 | Grant
Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.3000974
GRANT_NUMBER: 1123091
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Town and Country: A Regional Study of Swahili Village and Urban Households

2002-04-01 to 2007-07-31 | Grant
Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.3024555
GRANT_NUMBER: 0138319
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US-Tanzania Dissertation Enhancement: Viewing Stonetowns from the Countryside: An Archaeological Approach to Swahili Urban Systems

1999-08-01 to 2000-07-31 | Grant
Office of the Director (Arlington, US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.3471792
GRANT_NUMBER: 9906345
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Works (49)

An archaeometallurgical investigation of iron smithing in Swahili contexts and its wider implications

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
2023-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-023-01768-7
Contributors: Ema Baužytė; Adria LaViolette; Jeffrey Fleisher; Abdurahman Juma; Mark Horton; Bertram Mapunda; Stephanie Wynne-Jones
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Entwined African and Asian genetic roots of medieval peoples of the Swahili coast

Nature
2023-03-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05754-w
Contributors: Esther S. Brielle; Jeffrey Fleisher; Stephanie Wynne-Jones; Kendra Sirak; Nasreen Broomandkhoshbacht; Kim Callan; Elizabeth Curtis; Lora Iliev; Ann Marie Lawson; Jonas Oppenheimer et al.
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Diet, economy, and culinary practices at the height of precolonial Swahili urbanism

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2022.101406
EID:

2-s2.0-85126790308

Part of ISSN: 10902686 02784165
Contributors: Quintana Morales, E.M.; Craig, O.E.; Prendergast, M.E.; Walshaw, S.; Cartaciano, C.; Mwebi, O.; Nguta, E.; Onduso, V.; Fleisher, J.; Wynne-Jones, S.
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Glass Beads from Songo Mnara, Tanzania: Chemical Composition and Evidence for Local Bead Manufacture

African Archaeological Review
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10437-022-09484-8
EID:

2-s2.0-85135455749

Part of ISSN: 15729842 02630338
Contributors: Wood, M.; Dussubieux, L.; Wynne-Jones, S.; Fleisher, J.
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Palaeogenomic analysis of black rat (Rattus rattus) reveals multiple European introductions associated with human economic history

Nature Communications
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30009-z
EID:

2-s2.0-85129257221

Part of ISSN: 20411723
Contributors: Yu, H.; Jamieson, A.; Hulme-Beaman, A.; Conroy, C.J.; Knight, B.; Speller, C.; Al-Jarah, H.; Eager, H.; Trinks, A.; Adikari, G. et al.
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The Chronology of Kilwa Kisiwani, AD 800–1500

African Archaeological Review
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10437-022-09476-8
EID:

2-s2.0-85127337135

Part of ISSN: 15729842 02630338
Contributors: Horton, M.; Olsen, J.; Fleisher, J.; Wynne-Jones, S.
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The Entwined African and Asian Genetic Roots of the Medieval Peoples of the Swahili Coast

bioRxiv
2022 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/2022.07.10.499442
EID:

2-s2.0-85136494612

Part of ISSN: 26928205
Contributors: Brielle, E.S.; Fleisher, J.; Wynne-Jones, S.; Broomandkhoshbacht, N.; Callan, K.; Curtis, E.; Iliev, L.; Lawson, A.M.; Oppenheimer, J.; Qiu, L. et al.
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Exploring Swahili urbanism through survey of Songo Mnara Island, Tanzania

Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/15564894.2021.1988007
EID:

2-s2.0-85120307261

Part of ISSN: 15561828 15564894
Contributors: Pawlowicz, M.; Fleisher, J.; Wynne-Jones, S.
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Palaeogenomic analysis of black rat (Rattus rattus) reveals multiple European introductions associated with human economic history

bioRxiv
2021 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/2021.04.14.439553
EID:

2-s2.0-85106682750

Part of ISSN: 26928205
Contributors: Yu, H.; Jamieson, A.; Hulme-Beaman, A.; Conroy, C.J.; Knight, B.; Speller, C.; Al-Jarah, H.; Eager, H.; Trinks, A.; Adikari, G. et al.
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Capturing People on the Move: Spatial Analysis and Remote Sensing in the Bantu Mobility Project, Basanga, Zambia

African Archaeological Review
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10437-020-09363-0
EID:

2-s2.0-85078925899

Part of ISBN:

15729842 02630338
Contributors: Pawlowicz, M.; Fleisher, J.; de Luna, K.
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Eastern African coast

The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Archaeology
2020 | Book chapter
Part of DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199987870.013.15
EID:

2-s2.0-85113586883
Contributors: Wynne-Jones, S.; Fleisher, J.
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No such thing as invisible people: toward an archaeology of slavery at the fifteenth-century Swahili site of Songo Mnara

Azania
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/0067270X.2020.1841978
EID:

2-s2.0-85097181538

Part of ISSN: 19455534 0067270X
Contributors: Rødland, H.; Wynne-Jones, S.; Wood, M.; Fleisher, J.
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The gathering of Swahili religious practice: Mosques-as-assemblages at 1000 ce Swahili towns

New Materialisms Ancient Urbanisms
2019 | Book
Part of DOI: 10.4324/9781351008488-7
EID:

2-s2.0-85082287719
Contributors: Fleisher, J.
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Developments in Rural Life on the Eastern African Coast, a.d. 700–1500

Journal of Field Archaeology
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/00934690.2018.1489661
EID:

2-s2.0-85049838327
Contributors: LaViolette, A.; Fleisher, J.B.
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Geoarchaeology of urban space in tropical island environments: Songo Mnara, Tanzania

Journal of Archaeological Science
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2016.06.002
EID:

2-s2.0-85006507596
Contributors: Sulas, F.; Fleisher, J.; Wynne-Jones, S.
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Reconstructing Asian faunal introductions to eastern Africa from multi-proxy biomolecular and archaeological datasets

PLoS ONE
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182565
EID:

2-s2.0-85027883296
Contributors: Prendergast, M.E.; Buckley, M.; Crowther, A.; Frantz, L.; Eager, H.; Lebrasseur, O.; Hutterer, R.; Hulme-Beaman, A.; Van Neer, W.; Douka, K. et al.
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The mosques of songo mnara in their urban landscape

Journal of Islamic Archaeology
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1558/jia.35272
EID:

2-s2.0-85043514924
Contributors: Horton, M.; Fleisher, J.; Wynne-Jones, S.
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TOWN AND VILLAGE

The Swahili World
2017 | Book chapter
Part of DOI: 10.4324/9781315691459-16
EID:

2-s2.0-85117043496
Contributors: Fleisher, J.
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TUMBE, KIMIMBA AND BANDARIKUU

The Swahili World
2017 | Book chapter
Part of DOI: 10.4324/9781315691459-12
EID:

2-s2.0-85050489506
Contributors: Fleisher, J.
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The multiple territories of Swahili urban landscapes

World Archaeology
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2016.1179128
EID:

2-s2.0-84974794853
Contributors: Wynne-Jones, S.; Fleisher, J.
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Archaeologies of anxiety: The materiality of anxiousness, worry, and fear

The Archaeology of Anxiety: The Materiality of Anxiousness, Worry, and Fear
2015 | Book
Part of DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3231-3_1
EID:

2-s2.0-84978339758
Contributors: Fleisher, J.; Norman, N.
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Conservation, community archaeology, and archaeological mediation at Songo Mnara, Tanzania

Journal of Field Archaeology
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1179/0093469014Z.000000000109
EID:

2-s2.0-84920869112
Contributors: Wynne-Jones, S.; Fleisher, J.
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Deciphering public spaces in urban contexts: Geophysical survey, multi-element soil analysis, and artifact distributions at the 15th-16th-century AD Swahili settlement of Songo Mnara, Tanzania

Journal of Archaeological Science
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.12.020
EID:

2-s2.0-84921033413
Contributors: Fleisher, J.; Sulas, F.
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Fifty years in the archaeology of the eastern African coast: A methodological history

Azania
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/0067270X.2015.1102943
EID:

2-s2.0-84951063140
Contributors: Wynne-Jones, S.; Fleisher, J.
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On critical approaches, unintended consequences and the data of everyday life in 'performing towns'

Archaeological Dialogues
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S1380203815000173
EID:

2-s2.0-84949521570
Contributors: Fleisher, J.
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Situating the swahili house

Theory in Africa, Africa in Theory: Locating Meaning in Archaeology
2015 | Book
Part of DOI: 10.4324/9781315716381
EID:

2-s2.0-84942584376
Contributors: Fleisher, J.B.
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The archaeology of anxiety: The materiality of anxiousness, worry, and fear

The Archaeology of Anxiety: The Materiality of Anxiousness, Worry, and Fear
2015 | Book
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3231-3
EID:

2-s2.0-84978349981
Contributors: Fleisher, J.; Norman, N.
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Theory in Africa, Africa in theory: Locating meaning in archaeology

Theory in Africa, Africa in Theory: Locating Meaning in Archaeology
2015 | Book
DOI: 10.4324/9781315716381
EID:

2-s2.0-84942611531
Contributors: Wynne-Jones, S.; Fleisher, J.B.
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Theory in Africa: Africa in theory

Theory in Africa, Africa in Theory: Locating Meaning in Archaeology
2015 | Book
Part of DOI: 10.4324/9781315716381
EID:

2-s2.0-84942569626
Contributors: Wynne-Jones, S.; Fleisher, J.B.
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When Did the Swahili Become Maritime?

American Anthropologist
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/aman.12171
EID:

2-s2.0-84924049937
Contributors: Fleisher, J.; Lane, P.; Laviolette, A.; Horton, M.; Pollard, E.; Quintana Morales, E.; Vernet, T.; Christie, A.; Wynne-Jones, S.
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A deposit of Kilwa-type coins from Songo Mnara, Tanzania

Azania
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/0067270X.2013.871979
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2-s2.0-84897764302
Contributors: Perkins, J.; Fleisher, J.; Wynne-Jones, S.
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Geophysical Survey in Sub-Saharan Africa: Magnetic and Electromagnetic Investigation of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Songo Mnara, Tanzania

Archaeological Prospection
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/arp.1487
EID:

2-s2.0-84912110811
Contributors: Welham, K.; Fleisher, J.; Cheetham, P.; Manley, H.; Steele, C.; Wynne-Jones, S.
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The complexity of public space at the Swahili town of Songo Mnara, Tanzania

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2014.04.002
EID:

2-s2.0-84900296089
Contributors: Fleisher, J.
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Ceramics and society: Early tana tradition and the Swahili Coast (data paper)

Internet Archaeology
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11141/ia.35.7
EID:

2-s2.0-84887463130
Contributors: Wynne-Jones, S.; Fleisher, J.
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Performance, monumentality and the built exterior on the eastern African Swahili coast

Azania
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/0067270X.2013.788872
EID:

2-s2.0-84879962359
Contributors: Fleisher, J.
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The early Swahili trade village of Tumbe, Pemba Island, Tanzania, AD 600-950

Antiquity
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00049929
EID:

2-s2.0-84888389420
Contributors: Fleisher, J.; La Violette, A.
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Beyond the Stone Town: Maritime Architecture at Fourteenth-Fifteenth Century Songo Mnara, Tanzania

Journal of Maritime Archaeology
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11457-012-9094-9
EID:

2-s2.0-84866739379
Contributors: Pollard, E.; Fleisher, J.; Wynne-Jones, S.
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Coins in context: Local economy, value and practice on the East African Swahili coast

Cambridge Archaeological Journal
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S0959774312000029
EID:

2-s2.0-84857864869
Contributors: Wynne-Jones, S.; Fleisher, J.
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Finding Meaning in Ancient Swahili Spatial Practices

African Archaeological Review
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10437-012-9121-0
EID:

2-s2.0-84866543155
Contributors: Fleisher, J.; Wynne-Jones, S.
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Geophysical survey at kilwa kisiwani, Tanzania

Journal of African Archaeology
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3213/2191-5784-10220
EID:

2-s2.0-84866560357
Contributors: Fleisher, J.; Wynne-Jones, S.; Steele, C.; Welham, K.
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Swahili Urban spaces of the Eastern African coast

Making Ancient Cities: Space and Place in Early Urban Societies
2012 | Book
Part of DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781107110274.005
EID:

2-s2.0-84900320567
Contributors: Wynne-Jones, S.; Fleisher, J.
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Thinking Across the African Past: Interdisciplinarity and Early History

African Archaeological Review
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10437-012-9123-y
EID:

2-s2.0-84866551220
Contributors: de Luna, K.M.; Fleisher, J.B.; McIntosh, S.K.
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Ceramics and the Early Swahili: Deconstructing the Early Tana Tradition

African Archaeological Review
2011 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10437-011-9104-6
EID:

2-s2.0-84155162671
Contributors: Fleisher, J.; Wynne-Jones, S.
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Authorisation and the Process of Power: The View from African Archaeology

Journal of World Prehistory
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10963-010-9038-y
EID:

2-s2.0-78649483330
Contributors: Fleisher, J.; Wynne-Jones, S.
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Kilwa-type coins from Songo Mnara, Tanzania: New finds and chronological implications

Numismatic Chronicle
2010 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-79952569353
Contributors: Fleisher, J.; Wynne-Jones, S.
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Rituals of Consumption and the Politics of Feasting on the Eastern African Coast, AD 700-1500

Journal of World Prehistory
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10963-010-9041-3
EID:

2-s2.0-78649463784
Contributors: Fleisher, J.
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Swahili synoecism: Rural settlements and town formation on the central East African coast, A.D. 750-1500

Journal of Field Archaeology
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1179/009346910X12707321358919
EID:

2-s2.0-78649455314
Contributors: Fleisher, J.B.
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The urban history of a rural place: Swahili archaeology on Pemba Island, Tanzania, 700-1500 AD

International Journal of African Historical Studies
2009 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-77951166537
Contributors: LaViolette, A.; Fleisher, J.
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Bead grinders and early Swahili household economy: Analysis of an assemblage from Tumbe, Pemba Island, Tanzania, 7<sup>th</sup>-10<sup>th</sup> centuries AD

Journal of African Archaeology
2008 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3213/1612-1651-10110
EID:

2-s2.0-65849500244
Contributors: Flexner, J.L.; Fleisher, J.B.; LaViolette, A.
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