The Search for Takrur
Archaeological Excavations and Reconnaissance along the Middle Senegal Valley
Published on 20. January 2017
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Paperback/Softback
600 pages
978-0-913516-29-4 (ISBN)
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An authoritative summary of the results of the archaeological excavations in the middle Senegal River valley, site of the ancient African Empire of Takrur.
A summary of archaeological discoveries in the middle Senegal River valley, this authoritative volume presents new data on iron production, population settlement, and environmental change on the site of the ancient West African empire of Takrur, the first kingdom south of the Sahara mentioned by medieval Arab chroniclers. This authoritative volume should prove of great value to students of archaeology, anthropology, and African history, as well as to climatologists, geomorphologists, and ecologists.
Distributed for the Yale Peabody Museum
A summary of archaeological discoveries in the middle Senegal River valley, this authoritative volume presents new data on iron production, population settlement, and environmental change on the site of the ancient West African empire of Takrur, the first kingdom south of the Sahara mentioned by medieval Arab chroniclers. This authoritative volume should prove of great value to students of archaeology, anthropology, and African history, as well as to climatologists, geomorphologists, and ecologists.
Distributed for the Yale Peabody Museum
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English
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New haven
United States
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Yale University Press
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Professional and scholarly
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348 b-w illus
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Height: 248 mm
Width: 171 mm
Weight
1315 gr
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978-0-913516-29-4 (9780913516294)
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Roderick J. McIntosh | Susan Keech McIntosh | Hamady Bocoum
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Archaeological Excavations and Reconnaissance Along the Middle Senegal Valley
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Roderick J. McIntosh is professor of anthropology at Yale University. Susan Keech McIntosh is the Herbert S. Autry Professor of Anthropology at Rice University. Hamady Bocoum is director of the Musee des Civilisations Noires in Dakar, Senegal.