| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Journal of African archaeology monograph series, 2468-8266 ; volume 12 |
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Journal of African archaeology. Monograph series ; v. 12. 2468-8266
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| Contents |
Part 1. Introduction -- Overview / Sam Nixon -- An unexplored market town of the early trans-Saharan trade / Sam Nixon -- The Essouk-Tadmekka locality: environment and human geography / Sam Nixon -- Part 2. Site overview and surface remains -- The Essouk-Tadmekka ruins and their prospection / Sam Nixon -- Arabic and Tifinagh inscriptions / Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias -- Part 3. Excavations and architecture -- Excavation programme and methods / Sam Nixon -- Excavations in the mosque quarter (unit Ek-A) / Sam Nixon -- Excavations near the eastern cliffs (Ek-B) / Sam Nixon -- Excavations on the island (unit Ek-C) / Sam Nixon -- Chronology / Sam Nixon -- Architecture / Sam Nixon and Benoit Suzanne -- Part 4. Finds -- Pottery / Sam Nixon and Kevin MacDonald -- Glass vessels / Sam Nixon, James Lankton and Laure Dussubieux -- Beads / Sam Nixon, James Lankton, Peter Robertshaw, and Laure Dusubbieux -- Gold processing remains / Sam Nixon and Thilo Rehren -- Crucible-steel making and other metalworking remains / Thilo Rehren and Sam Nixon -- Coins and other metal artefacts / Sam Nixon -- Miscellaneous material culture / Sam Nixon -- Eggshell / Jane Sidell -- Faunal remains / Kevin MacDonald -- Plant remains / Dorian Fuller, Mary-Anne Murray and Sam Nixon -- Part 5. Synthesis and discussion -- Excavated sequence / Sam Nixon -- A new cultural history of essouk-tadmekka / Sam Nixon -- Debating trans-Saharan commerce and culture / Sam Nixon |
| Summary |
Essouk-Tadmekka' presents the first archaeological exploration of one of the most important market towns on the trans-Saharan camel-caravan routes in the early Islamic period, supplying West African gold, slaves, and ivory to the Mediterranean world. Excavation of Essouk-Tadmekka?s ruins? in Saharan West Africa? has enabled Sam Nixon and a team of scholars to better understand this town described by early Arabic geographers, therein providing insights into such wider questions as the origins of trans-Saharan trade, the commerce in gold, and the arrival of Islamic culture in West Africa. This window into the earliest period of trans-Saharan exchange includes illustration of some of the best-preserved ruins along the camel-caravan routes, the earliest-known Arabic writing in West Africa, and rare gold-working remains |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-419) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Mali
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HISTORY / Africa / West
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Antiquities
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Essouk-Tadmekka (Extinct city)
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Mali -- Antiquities.
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Mali -- Essouk-Tadmekka (Extinct city)
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Mali
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Nixon, Sam, 1977- editor.
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| LC no. |
2018038839 |
| ISBN |
9004348999 |
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9004346147 |
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9789004346147 |
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9789004348998 |
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