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The mosques of Harar have been the focus of some architectural and historical study but not archaeological investigation. This was redressed through excavation of six mosques in the city, the results of which are presented. These were... more
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      Islamic Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, African Archaeology, Islamic art and architecture
Central Africa had a diverse array of empires, states, and cultures in the precolonial era. The region encompasses all of part of the modern nations of Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo,... more
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      African Studies, African History, Africa, Central Africa
Southern Africa is a region rich in history. Its fame stretches from the first hominid fossil found to an era of precolonial Africa states and chiefdoms. In the period leading up to1800, smaller farming villages that raised livestock grew... more
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      African Studies, African History, Southern Africa, African Archaeology
This article presents an overview of the history of archaeological work in Somaliland and Somalia from the late nineteenth century to the present, situating that work within its ever-changing social and political contexts. It also... more
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      African Studies, Archaeology, Historiography, African History
Conference presentation held at the 1st International Meeting: Megaliths of the World (9-14 September 2019 / Historial de la Vendée, France) to introduce a poster dedicated to new research insights on the earthen funerary monument of Soto... more
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      Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, Funeral Practices, Megalithic Monuments
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      Archaeozoology, Sudanese Archaeology, Ancient Nubia, African Archaeology
Résumé: Les architectures en pierre du mégalithisme sénégambien ont longtemps été considérées comme une entité autonome sur une partie du continent africain qui, traditionnellement, privilégie plutôt les constructions en terre crue. Nos... more
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      Archaeology, Anthropology, Funerary Archaeology, Ethnology
Les données archéologiques concernant le mégalithisme sénégambien ont été considérablement renouvelées depuis une dizaine d'années. En particulier, les travaux de terrain effectués sur la nécropole méga-lithique de Wanar révèlent la... more
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      Archaeology, Anthropology, Funerary Archaeology, Ethnology
Poster presented at the 1st International Meeting: Megaliths of the World (9-14 September 2019 / Historial de la Vendée, France)
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      Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, Megalithic Monuments, Megaliths (Archaeology)
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      Archaeometry, Archaeometallurgy, Ancient Metallurgy, African Archaeology
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      Islamic Archaeology, Ghana, Islamic' Architecture, Mosque Architecture
and Keywords Pastoralist societies arose in the arid and semi-arid western regions of southern Africa over the last 2000 years. These were both Bantu-speaking and Khoekhoe-speaking groups who practiced diverse combinations of carnivorous... more
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      Pastoralism in Africa, Pastoralism (Archaeology), African Archaeology, Nomadic Pastoralism
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      Archaeozoology, Ptolemaic Egyptian History, Ancient Egypt, African Archaeology
A series of well-characterized specimens, known as the Peabody-Yale Reference Obsidians (PYRO) sets, has been designed to aid with calibrating and assessing X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF) data, including portable XRF (pXRF)... more
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      Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Archaeological Science
Trade and rare presents from Persia and India, with an interpretation of precise, oriented marks on the roof of Beta Ghebriel the so called 'Palace' in Lalibela bring to the conclusion that Ghebriel was the fief of a scholarly community... more
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      African Studies, Ethiopia, Persian Culture, Archaeology of Medieval Monasteries
From Hegel to Hugh Trevor-Roper, the notion of Africa as a continent without a precolonial history of its own dominated European thinking for two centuries. Today, the idea of an ‘unhistoric’ Africa rightly seems absurd. But who gets to... more
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      Archaeology, Cultural World Heritage Sites, African Archaeology
This edited forum includes 6 short pieces by 5 different contributors: 1. Critically Engaging African Food Security and Usable Pasts Through Archaeology: Amanda Logan 2. Why Centennial-Scale Data Is Relevant to Modern Food Security in... more
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      Archaeology, Archaeobotany, African History, Agricultural History
Over three field seasons between 2007 and 2012, we excavated three caves-Mota, Tuwatey, and Gulo-situated at an average elevation of 2,084 m above sea level in the cool and moist Boreda Gamo Highlands of southwestern Ethiopia.... more
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      Archaeology, Ethnoarchaeology, Ethiopian Studies, Origins of Agriculture
Mutamba is a thirteenth-century settlement located on the Soutpansberg Mountains in northern South Africa with links to the regionally important Mapungubwe polity. This paper provides a detailed report of the range and utilisation of... more
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      Archaeobotany, African Archaeology, Southern African archaeology, Southern African Iron Age
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      African Studies, Archaeology, East Africa, Africa (Archaeology)