Essouk-Tademekka : an early Islamic trans-Saharan market town /

Essouk-Tademekka : an early Islamic trans-Saharan market town /

Essouk-Tadmekka presents the first archaeological exploration of one of the most important market towns on the trans-Saharan camel-caravan routes in the early Islamic period, supplying West African gold, slaves, and ivory to the Mediterranean world. Excavation of Essouk-Tadmekka's ruins - in Sa...

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Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

Series: Journal of African Archaeology Monograph Series 12.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353343.

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Mali > Antiquities.

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Call Number: DT551.3 .E87 2017

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Overview /
  • Sam Nixon
  • An Unexplored Market Town of the Early Trans-Saharan Trade /
  • Sam Nixon
  • The Essouk-Tadmekka Locality: Environment and Human Geography /
  • Sam Nixon
  • The Essouk-Tadmekka Ruins and Their Prospection /
  • Sam Nixon
  • Arabic and Tifinagh Inscriptions /
  • Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias
  • Excavation Programme and Methods /
  • Sam Nixon
  • Excavations in the Mosque Quarter (Unit Ek-A) /
  • Sam Nixon
  • Excavations near the Eastern Cliffs (Unit Ek-B) /
  • Sam Nixon
  • Excavations on the Island (Unit Ek-C) /
  • Sam Nixon
  • Chronology /
  • Sam Nixon
  • Architecture /
  • Sam Nixon and Benoit Suzanne
  • Pottery /
  • Sam Nixon and Kevin MacDonald
  • Glass Vessels /
  • Sam Nixon , James Lankton and Laure Dussubieux
  • Beads /
  • James Lankton , Sam Nixon , Peter Robertshaw and Laure Dussubieux
  • 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 /
  • Sam Nixon
  • Miscellaneous Material Culture /
  • Sam Nixon
  • Eggshell /
  • Jane Sidell
  • Faunal Remains /
  • Kevin MacDonald
  • Plant Remains /
  • Dorian Fuller , Mary-Anne Murray and Sam Nixon
  • Excavated Sequence /
  • Sam Nixon
  • A New Cultural History of Essouk-Tadmekka /
  • Sam Nixon
  • Debating Trans-Saharan Commerce and Culture /
  • Sam Nixon
  • Conclusion
  • A Early Arabic Documentary Records of Tadmekka /
  • Sam Nixon
  • B Plans of Essouk-Tadmekka Town Ruins and Cemeteries /
  • Benoit Suzanne
  • C Essouk Arabic Non-Funerary Inscriptions, New (Previously Unpublished) Series /
  • Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias
  • D Context Descriptions for Excavation Units /
  • Sam Nixon
  • E Pottery Analysis Tables and Additional Illustrative Materials /
  • Sam Nixon and Kevin MacDonald
  • F Glass Vessels Tables /
  • Sam Nixon and James Lankton
  • G Glass Bead Tables /
  • Sam Nixon and James Lankton
  • H Vessel and Bead Glass Chemical Compositional Analysis /
  • James Lankton , Peter Robertshaw , Laure Dussubieux and Sam Nixon
  • I Archaeometallurgical Waste /
  • Thilo Rehren
  • J Digital X-ray Imaging and Conservation Treatment of Silver Coins and Related Finds /
  • Stephanie Black
  • K Preliminary Chemical and Technical Analyses of Essouk Metal Artefacts /
  • Thomas Fenn , Thilo Rehren and Laure Dussubieux
  • L Note sur le damas et sur le « voile » de soie d'Essouk-Tadmekka /
  • Sophie Desrosiers
  • M Faunal Remains Tables /
  • Kevin MacDonald
  • N Species Counts of Plant Remains /
  • Dorian Fuller , Mary-Anne Murray and Sam Nixon
  • Bibliography
  • Index.