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The Search for Takrur : Archaeological Excavations and Reconnaissance along the Middle Senegal Valley

Title: The Search for Takrur : Archaeological Excavations and Reconnaissance along the Middle Senegal Valley / Edited by Roderick J. McIntosh, Susan Keech McIntosh, and Hamady Bocoum.
Publication: New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Department of Anthropology and the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, [2016]

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Description

xxii, 578 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm

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.

Series Statement

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

Uniform Title

Yale University publications in anthropology ; no. 93.

Subjects

Bibliography (note)

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

Language (note)

In English with portions in French.

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.

Call Number

Sc F 16-383

ISBN

9780913516294 (alk. paper)
0913516295 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2016039510

OCLC

957455201

Title

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

Publisher

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

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

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

Yale University publications in anthropology ; no. 93.

Bibliography

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

Language

In English with portions in French.

Added Author

McIntosh, Roderick J., editor.

McIntosh, Susan Keech, editor.

Bocoum, Hamady, editor.

Research Call Number

Sc F 16-383

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