Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara' has mentioned 'Archaeological' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| Island in Tanzania, an archaeological city-state site | WIKI |
| Kilwa Kisiwani is an archaeological city-state site located along the Swahili Coast on the Kilwa archipelago. | WIKI |
| Luxury cloths and foreign ceramics were among a few of the items they would have owned, though some items, such as luxury clothes, do not preserve in the archaeological record. | WIKI |
| But because of the huge impact the sea, with all of the resources and trade opportunities, had on Kilwa, the archaeological investigation of the harbors and ports is considered to be quite important. | WIKI |
| There is a serious rapid deterioration of the archaeological and monumental heritage of these two islands due to various agents like erosion and vegetation. | WIKI |
| Archaeological and documentary research has revealed that over the next few centuries, Kilwa grew to be a substantial city and the leading commercial entrepxc3xb4t on the southern half of the Swahili Coast (roughly from the present Tanzanian-Kenya border southward to the mouth of the Zambezi River), trading extensively with states of the Southeast African hinterland as far as Zimbabwe. | WIKI |
| Criterion (iii): Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara provide exceptional architectural, archaeological and documentary evidence for the growth of Swahili culture and commerce along the East African coast from the 9th to the 19th centuries, offering important insights regarding economic, social and political dynamics in this region. | UNESCO |
| The property is subject to invasion by vegetation and inundation by the sea, and vulnerable to encroachment by new buildings and agriculture activities that threaten the buried archaeologicalxc2xa0 resources. | UNESCO |