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

"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 Seneg...

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Other Authors: McIntosh, Roderick J. (Editor), McIntosh, Susan Keech (Editor), Bocoum, Hamady (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
French
Language Notes:In English with portions in French.
Published: New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Department of Anthropology and the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, [2016]
Series:Yale University publications in anthropology ; no. 93.
Subjects:
Senegal River Valley > Antiquities.
Takrur Empire > Antiquities.
Antiquities, Prehistoric > Senegal River Valley.
Antiquities, Prehistoric > Takrur Empire.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Senegal River Valley.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Takrur Empire.
Antiquities.
Antiquities, Prehistoric.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Africa > Senegal River Valley.
Africa > Takrur Empire.
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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.
Physical Description:xxii, 578 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 539-559) and index.
ISBN:9780913516294 (alk. paper)
0913516295 (alk. paper)
ISSN:1535-7082 ;