Contribuição para o estudo e gestão do património arqueológico ligado ao antigo povoamento costeiro do norte de Moçambique

Abstract

Involvement in long-distance trade in the Indian Ocean contributed to the prosperity coastal societies, thus resulting in the development of urban centres along the along the East African coast. In Mozambique such centres are evidenced in ruins, traditions of ceramics and other vestiges that testify to the occupation of these communities along the coast, at the archaeological sites of Somaná, Lumbo, Ilha de Moçambique, Foz do Lúrio and Quissanga Praia, etc. These monuments and archaeological stations have been subject to a These monuments and archaeological sites have been subject to a process of degradation that requires urgent their correct conservation. (TRADUÇAO NOSSA)