Trade in the ancient Sahara and beyond
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Mattingly, D.J.
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2017.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xviii, 449 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm. |
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Trans-Saharan archaeology
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| Parallelausgabe: |
Trade in the ancient Sahara and beyond /(Online) |
| Inhalte/Bestandteile: | 1 Datensätze |
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Table of contents |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Preface D. J. Mattingly; 1. The Garamantes and the origins of Saharan trade: state of the field and future agendas D. J. Mattingly; Part I. Connectivity and Networks: 2. The invisible pastoralists: camel-herding, raiding, and Saharan trade and settlement Judith Scheele; 3. What made Islamic trade distinctive, as compared to pre-Islamic trade? Anne Haour; 4. The Trans-Saharan trade connection with Gao during the first millennium AD Mamadou Cisse; 5. Ships of the desert, camels of the ocean: Indian ocean perspectives on Trans-Saharan trade Mark Horton, Alison Crowther and Nicole Boivin; 6. The economies and cultures of the Trans-Saharan gold trade from pre-Islamic times to the modern era Sam Nixon; 7. Saharan exports to the Roman world Andrew Wilson; Part II. Trade in Organic Materials: 8. Early Saharan trade: the organic evidence D. J. Mattingly and Franca Cole; 9. Textiles and textile trade in the first millennium AD: evidence from Egypt Lise Bender Jorgensen; 10. Circulation and trade of textiles at the southern borders of Roman Africa Stephanie Guedon; Part III. Trade in Inorganic Materials: 11. Early Saharan trade: the inorganic evidence V. Leitch, C. N. Duckworth, A. Cuenod, D. J. Mattingly, M. Sterry and F. Cole; 12. Can we speak of pottery and amphora 'import substitution' in inland regions of Roman Africa? Michael Bonifay; 13. Pottery and trade in North Africa and the Sub-Sahara Anna Leone; 14. Track and trace: archaeometric approaches to the study of early Trans-Sahara trade Sonja Magnavita; 15. Glass beads in Trans-Saharan trade Laure Dussubieux; 16. Concluding discussion D. J. Mattingly, V. Leitch, C. N. Duckworth, A. Cuenod and M. Sterry.
