Objects and encounters at Songo Mnara
Talk
Stephanie Wynne-Jones, Department of Archaeology
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Event date
Wednesday 15 May 2019, 6pm to 7pm
Location
King's Manor, Exhibition Square (Map)
Audience
Open to the public
Admission
Free admission, booking not required
Event details
Department of Archaeology 40th Anniversary Open Lectures Series
Stephanie Wynne-Jones will present on Objects and encounters at Songo Mnara, a 15th century site on the Swahili coast of eastern Africa where she has been working since 2009. The site has a rich record of mosques, palaces and material culture linked to trade with the Indian Ocean world. Excavations at the site have pioneered a combination of scientific and contextual approaches to gather a unique record of daily life in this dynamic place and time.
Other events in this series include:
- Anglo-Saxon Royal Burial Ground at Sutton Hoo
- Making Harewood and the Modern World
- Star Carr
- Feeding Stonehenge
- Roman fort at Malton