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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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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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GN2 .Y3 no. 93
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Subject(s)
Senegal River Valley
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Antiquities
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Takrur Empire
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Antiquities
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Antiquities, Prehistoric
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Senegal River Valley
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Antiquities, Prehistoric
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Takrur Empire
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Senegal River Valley
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Takrur Empire
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Editor
McIntosh, Roderick J.
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McIntosh, Susan Keech
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Bocoum, Hamady
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Author
McIntosh, Roderick J.
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McIntosh, Susan Keech
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Bocoum, Hamady
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Series
Yale University publications in anthropology ; no. 93.
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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.
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ISBN
9780913516294 (alk. paper)
0913516295 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2016039510
OCLC
957455201
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