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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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Additional Authors
  • McIntosh, Roderick J.
  • McIntosh, Susan Keech
  • Bocoum, Hamady
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.
Subject
  • Antiquities, Prehistoric > Senegal River Valley
  • Antiquities, Prehistoric > Takrur Empire
  • Excavations (Archaeology) > Senegal River Valley
  • Excavations (Archaeology) > Takrur Empire
  • Antiquities
  • Antiquities, Prehistoric
  • Excavations (Archaeology)
  • Senegal River Valley > Antiquities
  • Takrur Empire > Antiquities
  • Africa > Senegal River Valley
  • Africa > Takrur Empire
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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