BIEA Archive
North of Engaruka, foothills cairn with ant hill
Somailia – Mogadishu – General view of the Jama
BIEA also maintains a large archive of unpublished records and images collected by a wide range of researchers over the last 50 years. Parts of this archive are available as open access resources and can be accessed via The Archaeology Data Service: https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/biea
British Institute in Eastern Africa, John E G Sutton (2024) British Institute in Eastern Africa Digital Archives: John Sutton Collection [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1117706
British Institute in Eastern Africa, Neville Chittick (2024) British Institute in Eastern Africa Digital Archives: Somalia [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1117728
British Institute in Eastern Africa, John E G Sutton, Peter Robertshaw, Hamo Sassoon, Ari Siiriäinen, Vesa Laulumaa (2021) British Institute in Eastern Africa Digital Archives: Tanzania [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1117727
British Institute in Eastern Africa, Chittick, N. (2024) British Institute in Eastern Africa Digital Archives: Kilwa Kisiwani [data-set].York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1090373
We are currently in the process of digitizing other parts of our archive, and these will be made available online in due course.
BIEA Physical Archive
The BIEA’s physical archive includes collections from:
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Tanzania
- Somalia
The physical archive is available for in-person research at our institute in Nairobi. Please contact the BIEA’s Country Director ([email protected]) in the first instance for queries regarding the use of the BIEA’s physical archive.
The BIEA/IFRA holds a large collection books, journals, off-prints, theses, and grey literature covering African (and especially Eastern African) history, archaeology, ethnography and related subjects.
