The Search for Takrur : Archaeological Excavations and Reconnaissance along the Middle Senegal Valley / Edited by Roderick J. McIntosh, Susan Keech McIntosh, and Hamady Bocoum.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McIntosh, Roderick J., editor.

McIntosh, Susan Keech, editor.

Bocoum, Hamady, editor.

Series:

Yale University publications in anthropology ; no. 93.

Yale university publications in anthropology, 1535-7082 ; number 93

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology).

Antiquities, Prehistoric.

Senegal River Valley--Antiquities.

Senegal River Valley.

Takrur Empire--Antiquities.

Takrur Empire.

Antiquities, Prehistoric--Senegal River Valley.

Antiquities, Prehistoric--Takrur Empire.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Senegal River Valley.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Takrur Empire.

Antiquities.

Africa--Senegal River Valley.

Africa--Takrur Empire.

Physical Description:

xxii, 578 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Department of Anthropology and the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, [2016]

Language Note:

In English with portions in French.

Summary:

"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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 539-559) and index.

ISBN:

9780913516294

0913516295

OCLC:

957455201