   From top to bottom: Kunduchi cemetery, Kunduchi Great pillar tomb with Ming porcelain & Step tomb in foreground | |
  Shown within Tanzania | |
| Location | Kunduchi ward, Kinondoni District, Dar es Salaam Region,  Tanzania |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 6°39′45.36″S 39°12′54″E / 6.6626000°S 39.21500°E |
| Type | Settlement |
| History | |
| Material | Coral rag |
| Founded | 10th century CE |
| Abandoned | 18th century CE |
| Cultures | Swahili |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1980s |
| Archaeologists | Adria LaViolette & University of Dar es Salaam |
| Ownership | Tanzanian Government |
| Management | Antiquities Division, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism[1] |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural styles | Swahili & Islamic |
| Official name | Kunduchi Ruins Historic Site |
| Type | Cultural |
| inactive excavation | |
Kunduchi (Magofu ya mji wa kale wa Kunduchi in Swahili ) is a Medieval Swahili National Historic Site located in Kunduchi ward, located in Kinondoni District of Dar es Salaam Region in Tanzania. There is an excavated 15th-century mosque on the site.[2][3] An 18th-century cemetery with the biggest collection of pillared tombs in East Africa, situated in a baobab woodland, and embellished with Ming era's porcelain plates. The pottery discovered here demonstrates the medieval town's affluence and trading connections with imperial China.[4]
- ^ "Antiquities Division". Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 21 Jul 2022.
- ^ Mabulla, Audax Z. P. (2000). "Strategy for Cultural Heritage Management (CHM) in Africa: A Case Study". The African Archaeological Review. 17 (4): 211–233. doi:10.1023/A:1006728309962. JSTOR 25130707. S2CID 142911818.
- ^ Schacht, J. (1957). "An Unknown Type of Minbar and Its Historical Significance". Ars Orientalis. 2: 149–173. JSTOR 4629034.
- ^ "Kunduchi Ruins cemetery". Retrieved 3 September 2022.