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1 online resource |
| Series |
Journal of African archaeology monograph series ; v. 13 |
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Journal of African archaeology. Monograph series ; v. 13.
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| Contents |
Part 1. Introduction / Anne Haour -- Crossing archaeology and oral tradition: approaching Dendi history from sites of memory / Olivier Gosselain and Lucie Smolderen -- Palaeoenvironmental data on Dendi, in the last 3000 years / Anne Haour -- The archaeology of the eastern Niger Valley / Anne Haour and Didier N'Dah -- An archaeological and ethnographic approach to a site and its region / Anne Haour, Olivier Gosselain, Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Sam Nixon and Didier N'Dah -- Part 2. Landforms, hydrography, and vegetation / Raoul Laibi, Didier N'Dah and Paul Adderley -- The archaeological landscape: survey and settlement / Nadia Khalaf, Anne Haour, Didier N'Dah and Alexandre Livingstone Smith -- Part 3. Ethnographic methods / Olivier Gosselain, Lucie Smolderen, Victor Brunfaut, Jean-Francois Pinet and Alexandre Livingstone Smith -- Architecture and settlements today / Victor Brunfaut and Jean-Francois Pinet -- Textile production in Dendi: an ethnographic and historical study of a chain of production / Lucie Smolderen -- Part 4. Excavation strategies and methods: approaching an archaeological terra incognita / Anne Haour, Didier N'Dah, Carlos Magnavita, Sam Nixon and Alexandre Livingstone Smith -- The Mound of Tombo: introduction to the site / Didier N'Dah, Anne Haour, Carlos Magnavita, Sam Nixon and Alexandre Livingstone Smith -- The geophysical prospection of Birnin Lafiya / Carlos Magnavita -- The pavements at Tombo Birnin Lafiya / Didier N'Dah and Barpougouni Mardjoua -- Pavements and other architectural features / Sam Nixon -- Stratigraphy and dating: excavation units and associated dates / Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Nicolas Nikis, Louis Champion and Anne Haour -- The pottery / Anne Haour, Sam Nixon, Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Nicolas Nikis, and David K. Kay -- Ironworking / Caroline Robion-Brunner -- Metal objects and slag from Birnin Lafiya / Anne Filippini -- Beads and pendants / Sonja Magnavita -- The cowrie shells / Annalisa Christie and Anne Haour -- Figurines and terracotta objects / Romuald Tchibozo -- Archaeobotanical remains / Louis Champion and Dorian Fuller -- Wood charcoal / Barbara Eichhorn -- Animal remains / Veerle Linseele and Wim Wouters -- Human skeletal material / Ronika Power and Anne Haour -- Part 5. Birnin Lafiya within West African archaeology / Anne Haour and Sam Nixon -- The site within West African political and craft history / Olivier Gosselain and Anne Haour -- Part 6. Catalogue of trench descriptions -- Pekinga (Pek) / Abubakar Sule Sani -- Toutokayeri (TTO-14-SI, II & III) / Nicolas Nikis, Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Anne Haour -- Kompa Dune (Kod) / Anne Haour and Nadia Khalaf -- Torouwey (TRO/14/SI) / Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Olivier Gosselain -- Kompanti (PTI/14/SI) / Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Nicolas Nikis -- Tin Tin Kanza / Louis Champion, Nadia Khalaf and Anne Haour -- Tin Tin Kanza, TTK-13-SI / Louis Champion and Anne Haour -- Tin Tin Kanza (TTL/13/SII) / Nadia Khalaf and Anne Haour -- Boyeri (BOY/14/SI & II) / Nicolas Nikis, Olivier Gosselain and Alexandre Livingstone Smith -- Bogo Bogo (GOG/14/SI) / Nicolas Nikis and Alexandre Livingstone Smith -- Kwara Zeno (KAZ/14/SI & II) / Pascal Gnankpo Amoussou, Ines Corolin Amoussou, Nicolas Nikis, Olivier Gosselain and Alexandre Livingstone Smith -- Gorouberi (GOB/13/SII) / Caroline Robion-Brunner -- Gorouberi (GOB/14/SI & II) / Nicolas Nikis, Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Anne Filippini and Anne Haour -- Karimama (KAR/14/SI) / Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Nicolas Nikis -- Kusulabu (KUS/14/SI & SII) / Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Nicolas Nikis and Mardjoua Barpougouni -- Kozungu (KOZ/14/SI) / Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Nicolas Nikis -- Tondo Windi (TOW-14-SI) / Louis Champion and Anne Haour -- Bokobu (BOK) / Frank N'Po Takpara and Anne Haour -- Blaf Si / Anne Haour -- Birnin Lafiya (S4) / Anne Haour and Barpougouni Mardjoua -- Birnin Lafiya (LAF-12-S5) / Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Nicolas Nikis, Louis Champion and Anne Haour -- Birnin Lafiya (S8) / Richard Lee -- Birnin Lafiya (LAF/13/SIX) / Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Nicolas Nikis -- Birnin Lafiya trench 3/10 / Sam Nixon -- Birnin Lafiya (S11) / Richard Lee -- Birnin Lafiya (S13) / Jennifer Wexler and Nestor Labiyi -- Aa Kargui (KGI-14-SI) / Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Anne Fillipini -- Ab Alibori I / Didier N'Dah -- Ac Alibori site 2 / Didier N'Dah -- Ad Molla (MOL/14/SI) / Carolin Amoussou, Nicolas Nikis, Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Anne Haour -- Ae Tomboutou (TOU/14/SI) / Pascal Amoussou, Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Nicolas Nikis and Anne Haour -- Af Kantoro (KRO-14) / Louis Champion -- Ag Kro-14-SI / Louis Champion and Anne Filippini -- Ah Kro-14-SII / Louis Champion and Anne Haour -- Ai Garou (GAR-14-SI) / Alexandre Livingstone Smith -- Aj Guene Zeno (ENE-14/SI & II) / Alexandre Livingstone Smith -- Ak Guene (GUE-14-SI) / Alexandre Livingstone Smith -- Al Kouboukoukourou (ROU/14/SI) / Alexandre Livingstone Smith -- Am Madekali (KLI/14/SI, RC1) / Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Louis Champion, Nicolas Nikis and Anne Haour -- Pottery plates -- Small finds, crossroads of empires -- Radiocarbon dates |
| Summary |
In Two Thousand Years in Dendi, Northern Benin an international team examines a little-known part of the Niger River valley, West Africa, over the longue dure¿¿e. This area, known as Dendi, has often been portrayed as the crossroads of major West African medieval empires but this understanding has been based on a small number of very patchy historical sources. Working from the ground up, from the archaeological sites, standing remains, oral traditions and craft industries of Dendi, Haour and her team offer the first in-depth account of the area. Contributors are: Paul Adderley, Mardjoua Barpougouni, Victor Brunfaut, Louis Champion, Annalisa Christie, Barbara Eichhorn, Anne Filippini, Dorian Fuller, Olivier Gosselain, David Kay, Nadia Khalaf, Nestor Labiyi, Raoul Laibi, Richard Lee, Veerle Linseele, Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Carlos Magnavita, Sonja Magnavita, Didier N'Dah, Nicolas Nikis, Sam Nixon, Franck N'Po Takpara, Jean-Franc¿ʹois Pinet, Ronika Power, Caroline Robion-Brunner, Lucie Smolderen, Abubakar Sule Sani, Romuald Tchibozo, Jennifer Wexler, Wim Wouters |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Benin
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Niger River Valley
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HISTORY -- Africa -- West.
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Antiquities
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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| SUBJECT |
Benin -- Antiquities
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Niger River Valley -- Antiquities
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| Subject |
Benin
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Niger River Valley
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Haour, Anne, editor, author
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| LC no. |
2018035424 |
| ISBN |
9004376690 |
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9789004376694 |
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