Essouk-Tadmekka : 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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| Formato: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | inglês |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2017]
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| Colecção: | Journal of African archaeology. Monograph series ;
v. 12. |
| Acesso em linha: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1924019 |
Sumário:
- Part 1. Introduction
- 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
- Part 2. Site overview and surface remains
- The Essouk-Tadmekka ruins and their prospection / Sam Nixon
- Arabic and Tifinagh inscriptions / Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias
- Part 3. Excavations and architecture
- Excavation programme and methods / Sam Nixon
- Excavations in the mosque quarter (unit Ek-A) / Sam Nixon
- Excavations near the eastern cliffs (Ek-B) / Sam Nixon
- Excavations on the island (unit Ek-C) / Sam Nixon
- Chronology / Sam Nixon
- Architecture / Sam Nixon and Benoit Suzanne
- Part 4. Finds
- Pottery / Sam Nixon and Kevin MacDonald
- Glass vessels / Sam Nixon, James Lankton and Laure Dussubieux
- Beads / Sam Nixon, James Lankton, Peter Robertshaw, and Laure Dusubbieux
- 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
- Part 5. Synthesis and discussion
- Excavated sequence / Sam Nixon
- A new cultural history of essouk-tadmekka / Sam Nixon
- Debating trans-Saharan commerce and culture / Sam Nixon.