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Field survey in the tumulus zone of Senegalarticle 1993 • McIntosh, Susan Keech & McIntosh, Roderick J.
West African Iron Age • Africa > Western Africa
This is a report on four surveys carried out in western Senegal. The region is famous for its burial mounds: 6982 in an area of 32,000 km. sq. Only the third survey zone (Region III) south of the city of Mbacké falls within the time period of the wes...Current directions in west African prehistoryessay 1981 • McIntosh, Susan Keech & McIntosh, Roderick J.
West African Iron Age • Africa > Western Africa
This is a review article on west African prehistory. west Africa is defined as the region south of the Tropic of Cancer and west of the Cameroon highlands. The article begins with a discussion of the palaeoclimate of the region, revealing a series of...Cities without citadelsessay 1993 • McIntosh, Susan Keech & McIntosh, Roderick J.
West African Iron Age • Africa > Western Africa
McIntosh and McIntosh use their data from Jenné-jeno to question long held assumptions regarding urbanism. The Jenné-jeno data shows a large concentration of population without monumental public architecture and settlement hierarhcy without evidence ...Excavations at Jenné-Jeno, Hambarketolo, and Kaniana (Inland Niger Delta, Mali) : 1994 • McIntosh, Susan Keech et al.
West African Iron Age • Africa > Western Africa
The Inland Niger Delta (IND) site of Jenné-jeno is one of the longest Iron Age sequences in west Africa (250 B.C.-1400 A.D.), reaching its peak settlement density in 900 A.D. The archaeologists carried out a site survey in 1977 and returned in 1980 t...