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Two Thousand Years in Dendi, Northern Benin
Archaeology, History and Memory
Series: - Journal of African Archaeology Monograph Series, Volume: 13
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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 NâPo Takpara, Jean-François Pinet, Ronika Power, Caroline Robion-Brunner, Lucie Smolderen, Abubakar Sule Sani, Romuald Tchibozo, Jennifer Wexler, Wim Wouters.
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 NâPo Takpara, Jean-François Pinet, Ronika Power, Caroline Robion-Brunner, Lucie Smolderen, Abubakar Sule Sani, Romuald Tchibozo, Jennifer Wexler, Wim Wouters.
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.
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
List of Maps
1 Introduction
âAnne Haour
2 Crossing Archaeology and Oral Tradition: Approaching Dendi History from Sites of Memory
âOlivier Gosselain and Lucie Smolderen
3 Palaeoenvironmental Data on Dendi, in the Last 3000 Years
âAnne Haour
4 The Archaeology of the Eastern Niger Valley
âAnne Haour and Didier NâDah
5 An Archaeological and Ethnographic Approach to a Site and Its Region
âAnne Haour, Olivier Gosselain, Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Sam Nixon and Didier NâDah
6 Landforms, Hydrography, and Vegetation
âRaoul Laïbi, Didier NâDah and Paul Adderley
7 The Archaeological Landscape: Survey and Settlement
âNadia Khalaf, Anne Haour, Didier NâDah and Alexandre Livingstone Smith
8 Ethnographic Methods
âOlivier Gosselain, Lucie Smolderen, Victor Brunfaut, Jean-François Pinet and Alexandre Livingstone Smith
9 Architecture and Settlements Today
âVictor Brunfaut and Jean-François Pinet
10 Textile Production in Dendi: An Ethnographic and Historical Study of a Chain of Production
âLucie Smolderen
11 Excavation Strategies and Methods: Approaching an Archaeological Terra Incognita
âAnne Haour, Didier NâDah, Carlos Magnavita, Sam Nixon and Alexandre Livingstone Smith
12 The Mound of Tombo: Introduction to the Site
âDidier NâDah, Carlos Magnavita, Sam Nixon, Anne Haour and Alexandre Livingstone Smith
13 The Geophysical Prospection of Birnin Lafiya
âCarlos Magnavita
14 The Pavements at Tombo Birnin Lafiya
âDidier NâDah and Barpougouni Mardjoua
15 Pavements and Other Architectural Features
âSam Nixon
16 Stratigraphy and Dating: Excavation Units and Associated Dates
âAlexandre Livingstone Smith, Louis Champion, Nicolas Nikis and Anne Haour
17 The Pottery
âAnne Haour, Sam Nixon, Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Nicolas Nikis, and David K. Kay
18 Ironworking
âCaroline Robion-Brunner
19 Metal Objects and Slag from Birnin Lafiya
âAnne Filippini
20 Beads and Pendants
âSonja Magnavita
21 The Cowrie Shells
âAnnalisa Christie and Anne Haour
22 Figurines and Terracotta Objects
âRomuald Tchibozo
23 Archaeobotanical Remains
âLouis Champion and Dorian Fuller
24 Wood Charcoal
âBarbara Eichhorn
25 Animal Remains
âVeerle Linseele and Wim Wouters
26 Human Skeletal Material
âRonika K. Power and Anne Haour
27 Birnin Lafiya within West African Archaeology
âAnne Haour and Sam Nixon
28 The Site within West African Political and Craft History
âOlivier Gosselain and Anne Haour
A Pekinga (PEK)
âAbubakar Sule Sani
B Toutokayeri (TTO-14-SI, II & III)
âNicolas Nikis, Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Anne Haour
C Kompa Dune (KOD)
âAnne Haour and Nadia Khalaf
D Torouwey (TRO-14-SI)
âAlexandre Livingstone Smith and Olivier Gosselain
E Kompanti (PTI-14-SI)
âAlexandre Livingstone Smith and Nicolas Nikis
F Tin Tin Kanza
âLouis Champion, Nadia Khalaf and Anne Haour
G Boyeri (BOY-14-SI & II)
âNicolas Nikis, Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Olivier Gosselain
H Bogo Bogo (GOG-14-SI)
âNicolas Nikis and Alexandre Livingstone Smith
I Kwara zeno (KAZ-14-SI & II)
âPascal Gnankpo Amoussou, Inès Corolin Amoussou, Nicolas Nikis, Olivier Gosselain and Alexandre Livingstone Smith
J Gorouberi (GOB-13-SII)
âCaroline Robion-Brunner
K Gorouberi (GOB-14-SI & II)
âNicolas Nikis, Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Anne Filippini and Anne Haour
L Karimama (KAR-14-SI)
âAlexandre Livingstone Smith and Nicolas Nikis
M Kusulabu (KUS-14-SI & SII)
âAlexandre Livingstone Smith, Nicolas Nikis and Barpougouni Mardjoua
N Kozungu (KOZ-14-SI)
âAlexandre Livingstone Smith and Nicolas Nikis
O Tondo windi (TOW-14-SI)
âLouis Champion and Anne Haour
P Bokorobu (BOK)
âFrank NâPo Takpara
Q Birnin Lafiya (S1)
âAnne Haour
R Birnin Lafiya (S4)
âAnne Haour and Barpougouni Mardjoua
S Birnin Lafiya (S5)
âAlexandre Livingstone Smith, Nicolas Nikis, Louis Champion and Anne Haour
T Birnin Lafiya (S8)
âRichard Lee
U Birnin Lafiya (S9)
âAlexandre Livingstone Smith and Nicolas Nikis
V Birnin Lafiya (S3/10)
âSam Nixon
W Birnin Lafiya (S11)
âRichard Lee
X Birnin Lafiya S13
âJennifer Wexler and Nestor Labiyi
Y Kargui (KGI-14-SI)
âAlexandre Livingstone Smith and Anne Fillipini
Z Alibori I
âDidier NâDah
AA Alibori Site 2
âDidier NâDah
AB Molla (MOL-14-SI)
âInès Carolin Amoussou, Nicolas Nikis, Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Anne Haour
AC Tomboutou (TOU-14-SI)
âPascal Gnankpo Amoussou, Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Nicolas Nikis and Anne Haour
AD Kantoro (KRO-14)
âLouis Champion, Anne Haour and Anne Filippini
AE Garou (GAR-14-SI)
âAlexandre Livingstone Smith
AF Guene zeno (ENE-14/SI & II)
âAlexandre Livingstone Smith
AG Guene (GUE-14-SI)
âAlexandre Livingstone Smith
AH Kouboukoukourou (ROU-14-SI)
âAlexandre Livingstone Smith
AI Madekali (KLI-14-SI & RC1)
âAlexandre Livingstone Smith, Louis Champion and Nicolas Nikis
Pottery Plates
Catalogue of Small Finds
Radiocarbon Dates
Gazetteer
References
Maps
Index
List of Figures and Tables
List of Maps
Part 1
1 Introduction
âAnne Haour
2 Crossing Archaeology and Oral Tradition: Approaching Dendi History from Sites of Memory
âOlivier Gosselain and Lucie Smolderen
3 Palaeoenvironmental Data on Dendi, in the Last 3000 Years
âAnne Haour
4 The Archaeology of the Eastern Niger Valley
âAnne Haour and Didier NâDah
5 An Archaeological and Ethnographic Approach to a Site and Its Region
âAnne Haour, Olivier Gosselain, Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Sam Nixon and Didier NâDah
Part 2
6 Landforms, Hydrography, and Vegetation
âRaoul Laïbi, Didier NâDah and Paul Adderley
7 The Archaeological Landscape: Survey and Settlement
âNadia Khalaf, Anne Haour, Didier NâDah and Alexandre Livingstone Smith
Part 3
8 Ethnographic Methods
âOlivier Gosselain, Lucie Smolderen, Victor Brunfaut, Jean-François Pinet and Alexandre Livingstone Smith
9 Architecture and Settlements Today
âVictor Brunfaut and Jean-François Pinet
10 Textile Production in Dendi: An Ethnographic and Historical Study of a Chain of Production
âLucie Smolderen
Part 4
11 Excavation Strategies and Methods: Approaching an Archaeological Terra Incognita
âAnne Haour, Didier NâDah, Carlos Magnavita, Sam Nixon and Alexandre Livingstone Smith
12 The Mound of Tombo: Introduction to the Site
âDidier NâDah, Carlos Magnavita, Sam Nixon, Anne Haour and Alexandre Livingstone Smith
13 The Geophysical Prospection of Birnin Lafiya
âCarlos Magnavita
14 The Pavements at Tombo Birnin Lafiya
âDidier NâDah and Barpougouni Mardjoua
15 Pavements and Other Architectural Features
âSam Nixon
16 Stratigraphy and Dating: Excavation Units and Associated Dates
âAlexandre Livingstone Smith, Louis Champion, Nicolas Nikis and Anne Haour
17 The Pottery
âAnne Haour, Sam Nixon, Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Nicolas Nikis, and David K. Kay
18 Ironworking
âCaroline Robion-Brunner
19 Metal Objects and Slag from Birnin Lafiya
âAnne Filippini
20 Beads and Pendants
âSonja Magnavita
21 The Cowrie Shells
âAnnalisa Christie and Anne Haour
22 Figurines and Terracotta Objects
âRomuald Tchibozo
23 Archaeobotanical Remains
âLouis Champion and Dorian Fuller
24 Wood Charcoal
âBarbara Eichhorn
25 Animal Remains
âVeerle Linseele and Wim Wouters
26 Human Skeletal Material
âRonika K. Power and Anne Haour
Part 5
27 Birnin Lafiya within West African Archaeology
âAnne Haour and Sam Nixon
28 The Site within West African Political and Craft History
âOlivier Gosselain and Anne Haour
Part 6: Catalogue of Trench Descriptions
A Pekinga (PEK)
âAbubakar Sule Sani
B Toutokayeri (TTO-14-SI, II & III)
âNicolas Nikis, Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Anne Haour
C Kompa Dune (KOD)
âAnne Haour and Nadia Khalaf
D Torouwey (TRO-14-SI)
âAlexandre Livingstone Smith and Olivier Gosselain
E Kompanti (PTI-14-SI)
âAlexandre Livingstone Smith and Nicolas Nikis
F Tin Tin Kanza
âLouis Champion, Nadia Khalaf and Anne Haour
G Boyeri (BOY-14-SI & II)
âNicolas Nikis, Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Olivier Gosselain
H Bogo Bogo (GOG-14-SI)
âNicolas Nikis and Alexandre Livingstone Smith
I Kwara zeno (KAZ-14-SI & II)
âPascal Gnankpo Amoussou, Inès Corolin Amoussou, Nicolas Nikis, Olivier Gosselain and Alexandre Livingstone Smith
J Gorouberi (GOB-13-SII)
âCaroline Robion-Brunner
K Gorouberi (GOB-14-SI & II)
âNicolas Nikis, Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Anne Filippini and Anne Haour
L Karimama (KAR-14-SI)
âAlexandre Livingstone Smith and Nicolas Nikis
M Kusulabu (KUS-14-SI & SII)
âAlexandre Livingstone Smith, Nicolas Nikis and Barpougouni Mardjoua
N Kozungu (KOZ-14-SI)
âAlexandre Livingstone Smith and Nicolas Nikis
O Tondo windi (TOW-14-SI)
âLouis Champion and Anne Haour
P Bokorobu (BOK)
âFrank NâPo Takpara
Q Birnin Lafiya (S1)
âAnne Haour
R Birnin Lafiya (S4)
âAnne Haour and Barpougouni Mardjoua
S Birnin Lafiya (S5)
âAlexandre Livingstone Smith, Nicolas Nikis, Louis Champion and Anne Haour
T Birnin Lafiya (S8)
âRichard Lee
U Birnin Lafiya (S9)
âAlexandre Livingstone Smith and Nicolas Nikis
V Birnin Lafiya (S3/10)
âSam Nixon
W Birnin Lafiya (S11)
âRichard Lee
X Birnin Lafiya S13
âJennifer Wexler and Nestor Labiyi
Y Kargui (KGI-14-SI)
âAlexandre Livingstone Smith and Anne Fillipini
Z Alibori I
âDidier NâDah
AA Alibori Site 2
âDidier NâDah
AB Molla (MOL-14-SI)
âInès Carolin Amoussou, Nicolas Nikis, Alexandre Livingstone Smith and Anne Haour
AC Tomboutou (TOU-14-SI)
âPascal Gnankpo Amoussou, Alexandre Livingstone Smith, Nicolas Nikis and Anne Haour
AD Kantoro (KRO-14)
âLouis Champion, Anne Haour and Anne Filippini
AE Garou (GAR-14-SI)
âAlexandre Livingstone Smith
AF Guene zeno (ENE-14/SI & II)
âAlexandre Livingstone Smith
AG Guene (GUE-14-SI)
âAlexandre Livingstone Smith
AH Kouboukoukourou (ROU-14-SI)
âAlexandre Livingstone Smith
AI Madekali (KLI-14-SI & RC1)
âAlexandre Livingstone Smith, Louis Champion and Nicolas Nikis
Pottery Plates
Catalogue of Small Finds
Radiocarbon Dates
Gazetteer
References
Maps
Index
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