The Search for Takrur Archaeological Excavations and Reconnaissance Along the Middle Senegal Valley - Yale University Publications in Anthropology

Roderick J. McIntosh (editor), Susan Keech McIntosh (editor), Hamady Bocoum (editor)

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Publisher's Synopsis

An authoritative summary of the results of the archaeological excavations in the middle Senegal River valley, site of the ancient African Empire of Takrur.

A summary of archaeological discoveries in the middle Senegal River valley, this authoritative volume presents new data on iron production, population settlement, and environmental change on the site of the ancient West African empire of Takrur, the first kingdom south of the Sahara mentioned by medieval Arab chroniclers. This authoritative volume should prove of great value to students of archaeology, anthropology, and African history, as well as to climatologists, geomorphologists, and ecologists.

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Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University

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Book information

ISBN:	9780300203899
Publisher:	Yale University Press
Imprint:	Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University
Pub date:	15 Jun 2015
DEWEY:	966.2301
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	584
Weight:	1161g
Height:	248mm
Width:	171mm
Spine width:	47mm