The search for Takrur : archaeological excavations and reconnaissance along the Middle Senegal Valley / edited by Roderick J. McIntosh, Susan Keech McIntosh, and Hamady Bocoum.

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Book
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  • English
  • French
Published/​Created
  • New Haven, Connecticut : Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 2016.
  • New Haven : Yale University Press
Description
xxi, 578 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

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    • Yale University publications in anthropology ; no. 93. [More in this series]
    • Yale university publications in anthropology ; no. 93
    Summary note
    "This heavily illustrated archaeological research report documents the development of the West African trading center of Takrur. Chapters on iron production, ceramics, plant and animal use, and settlement patterns accompany field data, and historical and ethnohistorical evidence on Middle Senegal River Valley societies from around 800 BC through AD 1000"--Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 539-559) and index.
    Language note
    In English with portions in French.
    Contents
    • The Middle Senegal Valley archaeological project: seeking Takrur / Susan Keech McIntosh
    • Background to the research / Roderick J. McIntosh and Susan Keech McIntosh
    • Excavation methodology / Roderick J. McIntosh
    • The Cubalel and Siwré excavations / Roderick J. McIntosh and Susan Keech McIntosh, with contributions by Hamady Bocoum, Ndèye Sokhna Guèye, and Ibrahima Thiaw
    • Importance of excavated features along the Middle Senegal Valley / Hamady Bocoum
    • The Cubalel and Siwré pottery assemblages / Susan Keech McIntosh and Ndèye Sokhna Guèye
    • Small finds / Roderick J. McIntosh
    • Iron working in the Middle Senegal Valley / David J. Killick
    • Copper alloys / Thomas R. Fenn and David J. Killick
    • Paleoethnobotanical analysis: seeds and fruits from Cubalel Unit C-3A / Daphne Gallagher and Shawn Murray
    • Mammalian, avian, and reptilian remains / Kevin C. MacDonald and Rachel Hutton MacDonald
    • Fish remains from Cubalel and Siwré / Wim Van Neer
    • Reconnaissance of the Cubalel study region / Roderick J. McIntosh and Alioune Deme
    • Overview and conclusions / Susan Keech McIntosh and Roderick J. McIntosh
    • Appendix A. Excavation and survey field forms
    • Appendix B. Excavated levels and features at Cubalel and Siwré / Roderick J. McIntosh, Susan Keech McIntosh, and Hamady Bocoum
    • Appendix C. Archaeomagnetic dating in the Middle Senegal Valley / Ibrahima Thiaw and Tom Gray
    • Appendix D. Pottery of the Cubalel and Siwré sites
    • Appendix E. Iron and slag recovered from the Cubalel and Siwré sites
    • Appendix F. Paleoethnobotanical identification / Shawn Murray and Daphne Gallagher
    • Appendix G. Faunal remains.
    ISBN
    • 9780913516294 (alk. paper)
    • 0913516295 (alk. paper)
    LCCN
    2016039510
    OCLC
    957455201
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