TY  - GEN
T1  - Essouk-Tadmekka : an Early Islamic Trans-Saharan Market Town
T2  - Journal of African archaeology. Monograph series ;
A2  - Nixon, Sam, 1977-
LA  - English
PP  - Leiden ; Boston
PB  - Brill
YR  - 2017
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1019731625
AB  - 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 Saharan West Africa? has enabled Sam Nixon and a team of scholars to better understand this town described by early Arabic geographers, therein providing insights into such wider questions as the origins of trans-Saharan trade, the commerce in gold, and the arrival of Islamic culture in West Africa. This window into the earliest period of trans-Saharan exchange includes illustration of some of the best-preserved ruins along the camel-caravan routes, the earliest-known Arabic writing in West Africa, and rare gold-working remains.
CN  - DT551.9.E87
SN  - 9004348999
SN  - 9004346147
SN  - 9789004346147
SN  - 9789004348998
KW  - Essouk-Tadmekka (Extinct city)
KW  - Mali : Antiquities.
KW  - Excavations (Archaeology) : Mali.
KW  - Mali : Antiquités.
KW  - Fouilles (Archéologie) : Mali.
KW  - HISTORY / Africa / West
KW  - Excavations (Archaeology)
KW  - Antiquities
KW  - Mali : Essouk-Tadmekka (Extinct city)
KW  - Mali
KW  - Electronic book.
ER  -