10.25375/uct.11417955.v3
Heinz Rüther
Heinz
Rüther
Ralph Schröder
Ralph
Schröder
Roshan Bhurtha
Roshan
Bhurtha
Stephen Wessels
Stephen
Wessels
Bruce McDonald
Bruce
McDonald
Zamani Project Media Library of the Kua Ruins
University of Cape Town
2020
media
publicity
behind the scenes
animation
fly-through
screenshot
press kit
Kua
Juani Island
Tanzania
Zamani
UCT
cultural heritage
Architectural Heritage and Conservation
Heritage and Cultural Conservation
Historical Archaeology (incl. Industrial Archaeology)
Archaeology
2020-02-21 11:57:36
Media
https://zivahub.uct.ac.za/articles/media/Zamani_Project_Media_Library_of_the_Kua_Ruins/11417955
This file set consists of images and videos from the Kua Ruins that serve as a media library or press kit for the Zamani Project's fieldwork and documentation of the Kua Ruins. <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.