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Assembling the Village in Medieval Bambuk: An Archaeology of Interaction at Diouboye, Senegal (New Directions in Anthropological Archaeology)
Cameron Gokee
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Hardcover. Drawing on recent archaeological research at the site of Diouboye in eastern Senegal, this book explores social life in medieval Bambuk from the standpoint of a village occupied over several centuries (1000-1400 CE). Series: New Directions in Anthropological Archaeology. Num Pages: 256 pages, 147 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; 3H; HDD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 169. Weight in Grams: 739.
The land of Bambuk was an important source of gold for trans-Saharan trade and the imperial polities of Ghana and Mali, yet the non-centralized societies of this region remain largely peripheral in the historiography of West Africa. Drawing on recent archaeological research at the site of Diouboye in eastern Senegal, this book explores social life in medieval Bambuk from the standpoint of a village occupied over several centuries (1000-1400 CE). Material and spatial data from excavations, together with those from survey of the middle Falemme River basin, enable a critical look at how interactions across multiple scales-among neighboring houses, between ... Read more
The land of Bambuk was an important source of gold for trans-Saharan trade and the imperial polities of Ghana and Mali, yet the non-centralized societies of this region remain largely peripheral in the historiography of West Africa. Drawing on recent archaeological research at the site of Diouboye in eastern Senegal, this book explores social life in medieval Bambuk from the standpoint of a village occupied over several centuries (1000-1400 CE). Material and spatial data from excavations, together with those from survey of the middle Falemme River basin, enable a critical look at how interactions across multiple scales-among neighboring houses, between ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Equinox Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
New Directions in Anthropological Archaeology
Condition
New
Weight
980 g
Number of Pages
340
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781790403
SKU
V9781781790403
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Ref
99-24
About Cameron Gokee
Cameron Gokee is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Appalachian State University. His research focuses on the interplay between village communities and historical landscapes in the Senegambia region of West Africa.
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Winner of the 2016-2018 Book Prize of the Society of African Archaeologists