Essouk-Tadmekka : an early Islamic trans-Saharan market town
| Weitere Verfasser: |
Nixon, Sam, 1977-
, [HerausgeberIn]
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2017].
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| Umfang/Format: |
xxiii, 422 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Journal of African archaeology. Monograph series ;
v. 12 |
| Schlagworte: | |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Part 1. Introduction
- Overview /
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- An unexplored market town of the early trans-Saharan trade /
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- The Essouk-Tadmekka locality: environment and human geography /
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- Part 2. Site overview and surface remains
- The Essouk-Tadmekka ruins and their prospection /
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- Arabic and Tifinagh inscriptions /
- Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias
- Part 3. Excavations and architecture
- Excavation programme and methods /
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- Excavations in the mosque quarter (unit Ek-A) /
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- Excavations near the eastern cliffs (Ek-B) /
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- Excavations on the island (unit Ek-C) /
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- Chronology /
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- 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 /
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- Miscellaneous material culture /
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- Eggshell /
- Jane Sidell
- Faunal remains /
- Kevin MacDonald
- Plant remains /
- Dorian Fuller, Mary-Anne Murray and Sam Nixon
- Part 5. Synthesis and discussion
- Excavated sequence /
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- A new cultural history of essouk-tadmekka /
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- Debating trans-Saharan commerce and culture /
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