Two Thousand Years in Dendi, Northern Benin

Archaeology, History and Memory
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-35584-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 13, 802 Seiten, Format (B × H): 227 mm x 297 mm, Gewicht: 3194 g

Reihe: Journal of African Archaeology Monograph Series

In Two Thousand Years in Dendi, Northern Benin an international team examines a little-known part of the Niger River valley, West Africa, over the longue durée. This area, known as Dendi, has often been portrayed as the crossroads of major West African medieval empires but this understanding has been based on a small number of very patchy historical sources. Working from the ground up, from the archaeological sites, standing remains, oral traditions and craft industries of Dendi, Haour and her team offer the first in-depth account of the area.

Contributors are: Paul Adderley, Mardjoua Barpougouni, Victor Brunfaut, Louis Champion, Annalisa Christie, Barbara Eichhorn, Anne Filippini, Dorian Fuller, Olivier Gosselain, David Kay, Nadia Khalaf, Nestor Labiyi, Raoul Laibi, Richard Lee, Veerle Linseele, Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Carlos Magnavita, Sonja Magnavita, Didier N'Dah, Nicolas Nikis, Sam Nixon, Franck N’Po Takpara, Jean-François Pinet, Ronika Power, Caroline Robion-Brunner, Lucie Smolderen, Abubakar Sule Sani, Romuald Tchibozo, Jennifer Wexler, Wim Wouters.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Haour, Anne

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Archäologie spezieller Regionen und Zeitalter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

List of Figures and Tables

List of Maps

Part 1

1 Introduction

Anne Haour

2 Crossing Archaeology and Oral Tradition: Approaching Dendi History from Sites of Memory

Olivier Gosselain and Lucie Smolderen

3 Palaeoenvironmental Data on Dendi, in the Last 3000 Years

Anne Haour

4 The Archaeology of the Eastern Niger Valley

Anne Haour and Didier N’Dah

5 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

6 Landforms, Hydrography, and Vegetation

Raoul Laïbi, Didier N’Dah and Paul Adderley

7 The Archaeological Landscape: Survey and Settlement

Nadia Khalaf, Anne Haour, Didier N’Dah and Alexandre Livingstone Smith

Part 3

8 Ethnographic Methods

Olivier Gosselain, Lucie Smolderen, Victor Brunfaut, Jean-François Pinet and Alexandre Livingstone Smith

9 Architecture and Settlements Today

Victor Brunfaut and Jean-François Pinet

10 Textile Production in Dendi: An Ethnographic and Historical Study of a Chain of Production

Lucie Smolderen

Part 4

11 Excavation Strategies and Methods: Approaching an Archaeological Terra Incognita

Anne Haour, Didier N’Dah, Carlos Magnavita, Sam Nixon and Alexandre Livingstone Smith

12 The Mound of Tombo: Introduction to the Site

Didier N’Dah, Carlos Magnavita, Sam Nixon, Anne Haour and Alexandre Livingstone Smith

13 The Geophysical Prospection of Birnin Lafiya

Carlos Magnavita

14 The Pavements at Tombo Birnin Lafiya

Didier N’Dah and Barpougouni Mardjoua

15 Pavements and Other Architectural Features

Sam Nixon

16 Stratigraphy and Dating: Excavation Units and Associated Dates

Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Louis Champion, Nicolas Nikis and Anne Haour

17 The Pottery

Anne Haour, Sam Nixon, Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Nicolas Nikis, and David K. Kay

18 Ironworking

Caroline Robion-Brunner

19 Metal Objects and Slag from Birnin Lafiya

Anne Filippini

20 Beads and Pendants

Sonja Magnavita

21 The Cowrie Shells

Annalisa Christie and Anne Haour

22 Figurines and Terracotta Objects

Romuald Tchibozo

23 Archaeobotanical Remains

Louis Champion and Dorian Fuller

24 Wood Charcoal

Barbara Eichhorn

25 Animal Remains

Veerle Linseele and Wim Wouters

26 Human Skeletal Material

Ronika K. Power and Anne Haour

Part 5

27 Birnin Lafiya within West African Archaeology

Anne Haour and Sam Nixon

28 The Site within West African Political and Craft History

Olivier Gosselain and Anne Haour

Part 6: Catalogue of Trench Descriptions

A Pekinga (PEK)

Abubakar Sule Sani

B Toutokayeri (TTO-14-SI, II & III)

Nicolas Nikis, Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Anne Haour

C Kompa Dune (KOD)

Anne Haour and Nadia Khalaf

D Torouwey (TRO-14-SI)

Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Olivier Gosselain

E Kompanti (PTI-14-SI)

Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Nicolas Nikis

F Tin Tin Kanza

Louis Champion, Nadia Khalaf and Anne Haour

G Boyeri (BOY-14-SI & II)

Nicolas Nikis, Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Olivier Gosselain

H Bogo Bogo (GOG-14-SI)

Nicolas Nikis and Alexandre Livingstone Smith

I Kwara zeno (KAZ-14-SI & II)

Pascal Gnankpo Amoussou, Inès Corolin Amoussou, Nicolas Nikis, Olivier Gosselain and Alexandre Livingstone Smith

J Gorouberi (GOB-13-SII)

Caroline Robion-Brunner

K Gorouberi (GOB-14-SI & II)

Nicolas Nikis, Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Anne Filippini and Anne Haour

L Karimama (KAR-14-SI)

Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Nicolas Nikis

M Kusulabu (KUS-14-SI & SII)

Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Nicolas Nikis and Barpougouni Mardjoua

N Kozungu (KOZ-14-SI)

Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Nicolas Nikis

O Tondo windi (TOW-14-SI)

Louis Champion and Anne Haour

P Bokorobu (BOK)

Frank N’Po Takpara

Q Birnin Lafiya (S1)

Anne Haour

R Birnin Lafiya (S4)

Anne Haour and Barpougouni Mardjoua

S Birnin Lafiya (S5)

Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Nicolas Nikis, Louis Champion and Anne Haour

T Birnin Lafiya (S8)

Richard Lee

U Birnin Lafiya (S9)

Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Nicolas Nikis

V Birnin Lafiya (S3/10)

Sam Nixon

W Birnin Lafiya (S11)

Richard Lee

X Birnin Lafiya S13

Jennifer Wexler and Nestor Labiyi

Y Kargui (KGI-14-SI)

Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Anne Fillipini

Z Alibori I

Didier N’Dah

AA Alibori Site 2

Didier N’Dah

AB Molla (MOL-14-SI)

Inès Carolin Amoussou, Nicolas Nikis, Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Anne Haour

AC Tomboutou (TOU-14-SI)

Pascal Gnankpo Amoussou, Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Nicolas Nikis and Anne Haour

AD Kantoro (KRO-14)

Louis Champion, Anne Haour and Anne Filippini

AE Garou (GAR-14-SI)

Alexandre Livingstone Smith

AF Guene zeno (ENE-14/SI & II)

Alexandre Livingstone Smith

AG Guene (GUE-14-SI)

Alexandre Livingstone Smith

AH Kouboukoukourou (ROU-14-SI)

Alexandre Livingstone Smith

AI Madekali (KLI-14-SI & RC1)

Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Louis Champion and Nicolas Nikis

Pottery Plates

Catalogue of Small Finds

Radiocarbon Dates

Gazetteer

References

Maps

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Anne Haour, DPhil Oxford (2002), is Professor in the Arts and Archaeology of Africa at the Sainsbury Research Unit, University of East Anglia. She has published extensively on the archaeology of West Africa and on wider themes such as empires.