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Iron Age Gaoarticle 1997 • Insoll, Timothy
West African Iron Age • Africa > Western Africa
Based on Insoll's field work in the Gao region of Mali in 1993, this article attempts to reconstruct the origins and development of the area using archaeological evidence rather than historical sources in Arabic or locally written chronicles which pr...The archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africaarticle 1996 • Insoll, Timothy
West African Regional Development • Africa > Western Africa
The spread of Islam throughout sub-Sahara Africa from 650-1900 AD is traced by geographical region, the relevant ones for this tradition being the Western Sahel (Mauritania, northern Senegal and Mali, northwestern Niger), Central Sudan (Niger, northe...Iron Age Gaoarticle 1997 • Insoll, Timothy
West African Regional Development • Africa > Western Africa
Surveys and excavations in the Gao region had the goal of finding evidence for the acceptance of Islam and for trans-Saharan and inter-regional trade. Not a site report, this work details the first field season's evidence for occupation in the region...