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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Haour, Anne, editor, author.

Series:

Journal of African Archaeology Monograph Series 13.

Journal of African archaeology monograph series ; v. 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Benin.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Excavations (Archaeology)--Niger River Valley.

Benin--Antiquities.

Benin.

Niger River Valley--Antiquities.

Niger River Valley.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (819 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.

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 durée. 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-François Pinet, Ronika Power, Caroline Robion-Brunner, Lucie Smolderen, Abubakar Sule Sani, Romuald Tchibozo, Jennifer Wexler, Wim Wouters.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright page

Acknowledgments

Figures and Tables

Maps

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

Landforms, Hydrography, and Vegetation / Raoul Laïbi , Didier N’Dah and Paul Adderley

The Archaeological Landscape: Survey and Settlement / Nadia Khalaf , Anne Haour , Didier N’Dah and Alexandre Livingstone Smith

Ethnographic Methods / Olivier Gosselain , Lucie Smolderen , Victor Brunfaut , Jean-François Pinet and Alexandre Livingstone Smith

Architecture and Settlements Today / Victor Brunfaut and Jean-François Pinet

Textile Production in Dendi: An Ethnographic and Historical Study of a Chain of Production / Lucie Smolderen

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 , Carlos Magnavita , Sam Nixon , Anne Haour 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 , Louis Champion , Nicolas Nikis 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 K. Power and Anne Haour

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

Catalogue

Pekinga (PEK) / Abubakar Sule Sani

Toutokayeri (TTO-14-SI, II and 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 (TTK-13-SII) / Nadia Khalaf and Anne Haour

Boyeri (BOY-14-SI and II) / Nicolas Nikis , Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Olivier Gosselain.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9789004376694

9004376690

OCLC:

1047531915

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004376694 DOI