Two Thousand Years in Dendi, Northern Benin : Archaeology, History and Memory

1. Verfasser: Haour, Anne , [VerfasserIn] , [HerausgeberIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019].
Umfang/Format: xvii, 801 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Journal of African archaeology. Monograph series ; v. 13
ISBN: 9789004355842
ISSN: 2468-8266
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: Benin
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 1 Datensätze
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Part 1. Introduction / Anne Haour
  • Crossing archaeology and oral tradition: approaching Dendi history from sites of memory / Olivier Gosselain and Lucie Smolderen
  • Palaeoenvironmental data on Dendi, in the last 3000 years / Anne Haour
  • The archaeology of the eastern Niger Valley / Anne Haour and Didier N'Dah
  • An archaeological and ethnographic approach to a site and its region / Anne Haour, Olivier Gosselain, Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Sam Nixon and Didier N'Dah
  • Part 2. Landforms, hydrography, and vegetation / Raoul Laibi, Didier N'Dah and Paul Adderley
  • The archaeological landscape: survey and settlement / Nadia Khalaf, Anne Haour, Didier N'Dah and Alexandre Livingstone Smith
  • Part 3. Ethnographic methods / Olivier Gosselain, Lucie Smolderen, Victor Brunfaut, Jean-Francois Pinet and Alexandre Livingstone Smith
  • Architecture and settlements today / Victor Brunfaut and Jean-Francois Pinet
  • Textile production in Dendi: an ethnographic and historical study of a chain of production / Lucie Smolderen
  • Part 4. Excavation strategies and methods: approaching an archaeological terra incognita / Anne Haour, Didier N'Dah, Carlos Magnavita, Sam Nixon and Alexandre Livingstone Smith
  • The Mound of Tombo: introduction to the site / Didier N'Dah, Anne Haour, Carlos Magnavita, Sam Nixon and Alexandre Livingstone Smith
  • The geophysical prospection of Birnin Lafiya / Carlos Magnavita
  • The pavements at Tombo Birnin Lafiya / Didier N'Dah and Barpougouni Mardjoua
  • Pavements and other architectural features / Sam Nixon
  • Stratigraphy and dating: excavation units and associated dates / Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Nicolas Nikis, Louis Champion and Anne Haour
  • The pottery / Anne Haour, Sam Nixon, Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Nicolas Nikis, and David K. Kay
  • Ironworking / Caroline Robion-Brunner
  • Metal objects and slag from Birnin Lafiya / Anne Filippini
  • Beads and pendants / Sonja Magnavita
  • The cowrie shells / Annalisa Christie and Anne Haour
  • Figurines and terracotta objects / Romuald Tchibozo
  • Archaeobotanical remains / Louis Champion and Dorian Fuller
  • Wood charcoal / Barbara Eichhorn
  • Animal remains / Veerle Linseele and Wim Wouters
  • Human skeletal material / Ronika Power and Anne Haour
  • Part 5. Birnin Lafiya within West African archaeology / Anne Haour and Sam Nixon
  • The site within West African political and craft history / Olivier Gosselain and Anne Haour
  • Part 6. Catalogue of trench descriptions
  • Pekinga (Pek) / Abubakar Sule Sani
  • Toutokayeri (TTO-14-SI, II & III) / Nicolas Nikis, Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Anne Haour
  • Kompa Dune (Kod) / Anne Haour and Nadia Khalaf
  • Torouwey (TRO/14/SI) / Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Olivier Gosselain
  • Kompanti (PTI/14/SI) / Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Nicolas Nikis
  • Tin Tin Kanza / Louis Champion, Nadia Khalaf and Anne Haour
  • Tin Tin Kanza, TTK-13-SI / Louis Champion and Anne Haour
  • Tin Tin Kanza (TTL/13/SII) / Nadia Khalaf and Anne Haour
  • Boyeri (BOY/14/SI & II) / Nicolas Nikis, Olivier Gosselain and Alexandre Livingstone Smith
  • Bogo Bogo (GOG/14/SI) / Nicolas Nikis and Alexandre Livingstone Smith
  • Kwara Zeno (KAZ/14/SI & II) / Pascal Gnankpo Amoussou, Ines Corolin Amoussou, Nicolas Nikis, Olivier Gosselain and Alexandre Livingstone Smith
  • Gorouberi (GOB/13/SII) / Caroline Robion-Brunner
  • Gorouberi (GOB/14/SI & II) / Nicolas Nikis, Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Anne Filippini and Anne Haour
  • Karimama (KAR/14/SI) / Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Nicolas Nikis
  • Kusulabu (KUS/14/SI & SII) / Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Nicolas Nikis and Mardjoua Barpougouni
  • Kozungu (KOZ/14/SI) / Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Nicolas Nikis
  • Tondo Windi (TOW-14-SI) / Louis Champion and Anne Haour
  • Bokobu (BOK) / Frank N'Po Takpara and Anne Haour
  • Blaf Si / Anne Haour
  • Birnin Lafiya (S4) / Anne Haour and Barpougouni Mardjoua
  • Birnin Lafiya (LAF-12-S5) / Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Nicolas Nikis, Louis Champion and Anne Haour
  • Birnin Lafiya (S8) / Richard Lee
  • Birnin Lafiya (LAF/13/SIX) / Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Nicolas Nikis
  • Birnin Lafiya trench 3/10 / Sam Nixon
  • Birnin Lafiya (S11) / Richard Lee
  • Birnin Lafiya (S13) / Jennifer Wexler and Nestor Labiyi
  • Aa Kargui (KGI-14-SI) / Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Anne Fillipini
  • Ab Alibori I / Didier N'Dah
  • Ac Alibori site 2 / Didier N'Dah
  • Ad Molla (MOL/14/SI) / Carolin Amoussou, Nicolas Nikis, Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Anne Haour
  • Ae Tomboutou (TOU/14/SI) / Pascal Amoussou, Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Nicolas Nikis and Anne Haour
  • Af Kantoro (KRO-14) / Louis Champion
  • Ag Kro-14-SI / Louis Champion and Anne Filippini
  • Ah Kro-14-SII / Louis Champion and Anne Haour
  • Ai Garou (GAR-14-SI) / Alexandre Livingstone Smith
  • Aj Guene Zeno (ENE-14/SI & II) / Alexandre Livingstone Smith
  • Ak Guene (GUE-14-SI) / Alexandre Livingstone Smith
  • Al Kouboukoukourou (ROU/14/SI) / Alexandre Livingstone Smith
  • Am Madekali (KLI/14/SI, RC1) / Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Louis Champion, Nicolas Nikis and Anne Haour
  • Pottery plates
  • Small finds, crossroads of empires
  • Radiocarbon dates.