The Element of Water in the Built Environment on the Precolonial Kenya Coast

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dc.contributor.authorBaumanová, Monika
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-06T11:00:28Z
dc.date.available2023-03-06T11:00:28Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstract-translatedWith increasing urbanisation, understanding the variety of historical experience with water in the urban context becomes all the more relevant. Apart from representing an economic and environmental necessity, the physical and sensory access to freshwater is universally understood as socially desirable, pleasing and valued. The history of the East African coast is especially relevant as water scarcity is not a modern phenomenon in the region—in fact, precolonial towns situated on the oceanfront flourished in relatively arid environments too. This paper presents the insights achieved with a 3D scanning survey of the preserved heritage in the now-deserted town of Jumba la Mtwana, located 20 km north of Mombasa, Kenya. Although all of the buildings are partially collapsed, various wells, cisterns and reservoirs have been documented. Considering this archaeological site and other examples of (pre)colonial Swahili towns, this paper adopts multidisciplinary perspectives in analysing and interpreting the distribution of constructed features associated with water, with particular focus on their design, density and spatial context, as well as social and sensory connotations. Its results highlight the socio-spatial role of the element of water in the precolonial built environment, which may be contrasted with later periods and potentially carry broader implications for current urban development.en
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dc.identifier.citationBAUMANOVÁ, M. The Element of Water in the Built Environment on the Precolonial Kenya Coast. Land, 2023, roč. 12, č. 1, s. nestránkováno. ISSN: 2073-445Xcs
dc.identifier.document-number917476100001
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/land12010157
dc.identifier.issn2073-445X
dc.identifier.obd43937713
dc.identifier.uri2-s2.0-85146558146
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11025/51666
dc.language.isoenen
dc.project.IDGJ20-02725Y/Srovnání transformace městské morfologie z předkoloniálních do koloniálních urbánních tradiccs
dc.publisherMDPIen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesLanden
dc.rights© authorsen
dc.rights.accessopenAccessen
dc.subject.translatedSwahilien
dc.subject.translatedprecolonial urbanismen
dc.subject.translatedarchaeologyen
dc.subject.translatedwater managementen
dc.subject.translatedwellsen
dc.subject.translatedsensory perceptionen
dc.subject.translatedKenyaen
dc.subject.translatedcoasten
dc.titleThe Element of Water in the Built Environment on the Precolonial Kenya Coasten
dc.typečlánekcs
dc.typearticleen
dc.type.statusPeer-revieweden
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen

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