Essouk-Tadmekka : an early Islamic trans-Saharan market town

Weitere Verfasser: Nixon, Sam, 1977- , [HerausgeberIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017].
Umfang/Format: xxiii, 422 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Journal of African archaeology. Monograph series ; v. 12
ISBN: 9789004346147
ISSN: 2468-8266
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Part 1. Introduction
  • Overview / Sam Nixon
  • An unexplored market town of the early trans-Saharan trade / Sam Nixon
  • The Essouk-Tadmekka locality: environment and human geography / Sam Nixon
  • Part 2. Site overview and surface remains
  • The Essouk-Tadmekka ruins and their prospection / Sam Nixon
  • Arabic and Tifinagh inscriptions / Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias
  • Part 3. Excavations and architecture
  • Excavation programme and methods / Sam Nixon
  • Excavations in the mosque quarter (unit Ek-A) / Sam Nixon
  • Excavations near the eastern cliffs (Ek-B) / Sam Nixon
  • Excavations on the island (unit Ek-C) / Sam Nixon
  • Chronology / Sam Nixon
  • Architecture / Sam Nixon and Benoit Suzanne
  • Part 4. Finds
  • Pottery / Sam Nixon and Kevin MacDonald
  • Glass vessels / Sam Nixon, James Lankton and Laure Dussubieux
  • Beads / Sam Nixon, James Lankton, Peter Robertshaw, and Laure Dusubbieux
  • Gold processing remains / Sam Nixon and Thilo Rehren
  • Crucible-steel making and other metalworking remains / Thilo Rehren and Sam Nixon
  • Coins and other metal artefacts / Sam Nixon
  • Miscellaneous material culture / Sam Nixon
  • Eggshell / Jane Sidell
  • Faunal remains / Kevin MacDonald
  • Plant remains / Dorian Fuller, Mary-Anne Murray and Sam Nixon
  • Part 5. Synthesis and discussion
  • Excavated sequence / Sam Nixon
  • A new cultural history of essouk-tadmekka / Sam Nixon
  • Debating trans-Saharan commerce and culture / Sam Nixon.