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Journal of African Archaeology, 13, 1 : 7-38, 2015
In the Niger Bend, many studies have shown the existence of settlement mounds which mainly develo... more In the Niger Bend, many studies have shown the existence of settlement mounds which mainly developed between the 1st millennium BC and the 15th century AD. While knowledge about tell-type sites in sub-Saharan Africa has advanced in recent years, many aspects of this topic remain poorly understood. Considering the vast geographic area and time span, there is very little accurate chronostratigraphic information available. This relative lack of long sequences strongly limits the diachronic integration of cultural, economic and environmental data, necessary to unravel the socio-economic mechanisms underlying the emergence and development of this type of site. In this paper, we present the results of the excavations we recently conducted on a group of settlement mounds at Sadia, on the Seno Plain (Dogon Country, Mali), which allow a precise chronological, cultural and environmental sequence to be defined. By combining this work and the results from an extensive approach applied throughout the Dogon Country for more than fifteen years, we provide a scenario for the Seno tells and an insight into the development of Sahelian rural societies, including considerations on their interactions with the early State polities of the Niger Bend, prior to AD 1400.
Journal of African Archaeology 13 (1), 7-38, Jun 2015
In the Niger Bend, many studies have shown the existence of settlement mounds which mainly devel... more In the Niger Bend, many studies have shown the existence
of settlement mounds which mainly developed between
the 1st millennium BC and the 15th century AD. While
knowledge about tell-type sites in sub-Saharan Africa has
advanced in recent years, many aspects of this topic remain
poorly understood. Considering the vast geographic area
and time span, there is very little accurate chronostratigraphic
information available. This relative lack of long
sequences strongly limits the diachronic integration of
cultural, economic and environmental data, necessary
to unravel the socio-economic mechanisms underlying
the emergence and development of this type of site. In
this paper, we present the results of the excavations we
recently conducted on a group of settlement mounds at
Sadia, on the Seno Plain (Dogon Country, Mali), which
allow a precise chronological, cultural and environmental
sequence to be defined. By combining this work and the
results from an extensive approach applied throughout the
Dogon Country for more than fifteen years, we provide a
scenario for the Seno tells and an insight into the development
of Sahelian rural societies, including considerations
on their interactions with the early State polities of the
Niger Bend, prior to AD 1400.
Journal of African Archaeology, 13, 1 : 7-38, 2015
In the Niger Bend, many studies have shown the existence of settlement mounds which mainly develo... more In the Niger Bend, many studies have shown the existence of settlement mounds which mainly developed between the 1st millennium BC and the 15th century AD. While knowledge about tell-type sites in sub-Saharan Africa has advanced in recent years, many aspects of this topic remain poorly understood. Considering the vast geographic area and time span, there is very little accurate chronostratigraphic information available. This relative lack of long sequences strongly limits the diachronic integration of cultural, economic and environmental data, necessary to unravel the socio-economic mechanisms underlying the emergence and development of this type of site. In this paper, we present the results of the excavations we recently conducted on a group of settlement mounds at Sadia, on the Seno Plain (Dogon Country, Mali), which allow a precise chronological, cultural and environmental sequence to be defined. By combining this work and the results from an extensive approach applied throughout the Dogon Country for more than fifteen years, we provide a scenario for the Seno tells and an insight into the development of Sahelian rural societies, including considerations on their interactions with the early State polities of the Niger Bend, prior to AD 1400.
Journal of African Archaeology 13 (1), 7-38, Jun 2015
In the Niger Bend, many studies have shown the existence of settlement mounds which mainly devel... more In the Niger Bend, many studies have shown the existence
of settlement mounds which mainly developed between
the 1st millennium BC and the 15th century AD. While
knowledge about tell-type sites in sub-Saharan Africa has
advanced in recent years, many aspects of this topic remain
poorly understood. Considering the vast geographic area
and time span, there is very little accurate chronostratigraphic
information available. This relative lack of long
sequences strongly limits the diachronic integration of
cultural, economic and environmental data, necessary
to unravel the socio-economic mechanisms underlying
the emergence and development of this type of site. In
this paper, we present the results of the excavations we
recently conducted on a group of settlement mounds at
Sadia, on the Seno Plain (Dogon Country, Mali), which
allow a precise chronological, cultural and environmental
sequence to be defined. By combining this work and the
results from an extensive approach applied throughout the
Dogon Country for more than fifteen years, we provide a
scenario for the Seno tells and an insight into the development
of Sahelian rural societies, including considerations
on their interactions with the early State polities of the
Niger Bend, prior to AD 1400.