Two thousand years in Dendi, northern Benin : archaeology, history and memory / edited by Anne Haour.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Haour, Anne, editor.

Series:

Journal of African archaeology. Monograph series ; 13.

Journal of African archaeology monograph series ; volume 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology).

Antiquities.

Benin--Antiquities.

Benin.

Niger River Valley--Antiquities.

Niger River Valley.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Benin.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Niger River Valley.

Physical Description:

xvii, 801 pages ; 30 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

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 duree. 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.0Contributors 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-Francois Pinet, Ronika Power, Caroline Robion-Brunner, Lucie Smolderen, Abubakar Sule Sani, Romuald Tchibozo, Jennifer Wexler, Wim Wouters.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Two thousand years in Dendi, northern Benin.

ISBN:

9789004355842

9004355847

OCLC:

1043567703

Publisher Number:

99980130979