Incised

Tana Ware and Triangular Incised Ware (TIW) are the names commonly given to the new ceramic style.

Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE 2008

The implications of the widespread variability in pottery make the potential for archaeological recoveries of Triangular Incised/Tana ware, among others, across Kaskazi descendant language areas — and well into the interior — very promising.

Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE 2008

Proto-Northeast-Coastal Bantu people were the makers of Triangular Incised Ware (Tana ware) found throughout much of the region in which their language descendants later settled.

Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE 2008

Early Misasa Triangular Incised ware dates to the fourth century, 335±45 CE. 66

Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE 2008

The term Triangular Incised Ware is used because of the triangular decorative features found among some, but not all of them.

Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE 2008

Incised, chipped, carved and painted, these symbols attest to the astute observation skills of our ancestors.

Donna Henes: How The Celestially Auspicious Occasions Of The Past Are The Holidays Of Today Donna Henes 2010

Incised, chipped, carved and painted, these symbols attest to the astute observation skills of our ancestors.

Donna Henes: How The Celestially Auspicious Occasions Of The Past Are The Holidays Of Today Donna Henes 2010

Incised, chipped, carved and painted, these symbols attest to the astute observation skills of our ancestors.

Donna Henes: How the Celestially Auspicious Occasions of the Past Are the Holidays of Today Donna Henes 2010

Incised, chipped, carved and painted, these symbols attest to the astute observation skills of our ancestors.

Donna Henes: How the Celestially Auspicious Occasions of the Past Are the Holidays of Today Donna Henes 2010

In his view, "the original EIW [EIA] settlers on the coast were of older Urewe tradition, who after centuries of experience adopted cultural elements identified as Kwale and later on as TIW [Triangular Incised Ware] tradition."

Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE 2008