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Iron Age Gao
Journal of African history • 38 • Published In 1997 • Pages: 1-30
By: Insoll, Timothy.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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 provide detailed but often contradictory descriptions of Gao (p. 4). The author describes several archaeological sites in the region which fall within the Iron Age focus of this file (i.e., 2500 B.P.-1200 B.P.), these being Koima, Gadei, and the very earliest period of Gao Ancien. Data dealing with the trans-Saharan trade and medieval Gao, which lie outside the time focus of this file, have not been indexed for OCM (Outline of Cultural Materials) codes.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Reviews and critiques
- Historical reconstruction
- Settlement patterns
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Cultural stratigraphy
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- West African Iron Age
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1993
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2500 BP- 1200 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Gao region, Mali
- NotesAdditional notes
- Timothy Insoll
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 63005723
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iron Age--Africa