GIS Spatial Data Package of the Kua Ruins Heritage Site
Heinz Rüther
Ralph Schröder
Roshan Bhurtha
Stephen Wessels
Bruce McDonald
10.25375/uct.11365199.v1
https://zivahub.uct.ac.za/articles/dataset/GIS_Spatial_Data_Package_of_the_Kua_Ruins_Heritage_Site/11365199
This is a GIS file set of the Kua ruins. The data was generated from laser scans, photogrammetric techniques and GPS data. The data maps the site of the Kua ruins on Juani Island in Tanzania. All data is in either the unprojected Geographic (GCS WGS84) or the projected Universal Transverse Mercator 37 South (UTM34S WGS84) coordinate system.<br><br>The data is packaged as an ESRI Map Package (.mpk). If you are not an ESRI user and wish to unpack the package please rename the file extension to .zip and use a programme, such as 7-Zip, to unpack the package. <br><br>The package contains shapefiles and images which are compatible with most GIS software.<br><br>The Kua ruins are all that remains of a medieval Swahili town
located on Juani Island in the Mafia Archipelago. The ruins offer
insights into an island civilization that saw Portuguese and Omani
control as well as independence, enslavement, and eventual abandonment.
Indicators of early settlement and trade—including Islamic and Chinese
ceramics dating to the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries and currency
from mainland Tanzania—have been found in the ruins, while Portuguese
accounts from the sixteenth century note the great wealth of the Kua
people. The Zamani Project spatially documented some of the Kua ruins in
2018.<br><br>The Zamani Project seeks to increase awareness and
knowledge of tangible cultural heritage in Africa and internationally by
creating metrically accurate digital representations of historical
sites. Digital spatial data of cultural heritage sites can be used for
research and education, for restoration and conservation and as a record
for future generations. The Zamani Project operates as a non-profit
organisation within the University of Cape Town.<br><br><br><i>This text has been adapted from the World Monuments Fund website</i> (https://www.wmf.org/project/kua-ruins).<br><br>All work was carried out as part of the <b>Kua Conservation Project:</b><br><b>Co-Directors:</b> Stephane Pradines (ISMC-AKU) and Pierre Blanchard (WMF).<br><b>Partner institutions:</b> Aga Khan University (AKU); Tanzanian Antiquities; World Monument Fund (WMF), Zamani Project (University of Cape Town)<br> <br>Then Zamani Project contributed accurate 3D models and maps of the site and structures to the Kua Conservation Program.
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GIS
shapefile
spatial data
georeferenced
map
orthophoto
Kua
Juani Island
Tanzania
Zamani
UCT
cultural heritage
Architectural Heritage and Conservation
Heritage and Cultural Conservation
Archaeology
Historical Archaeology (incl. Industrial Archaeology)
Geospatial Information Systems