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Modeling political organization in large-scale settlement clusters: a case study from the Inland Niger Delta
beyond chiefdoms : pathways to complexity in africa • Cambridge • Published In 1999 • Pages: 66-79
By: McIntosh, Susan Keech.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
McIntosh reviews the 1600-year archaeological sequence of Jenné-jeno in the Inland Niger Delta (IND). The evidence from Jenné-jeno shows nucleation and increasing population without agricultural intensification, social stratification, and large public monuments. These findings challenge conventional notions about social evolution. McIntosh considers several models of polity organization to account for the Jenné-jeno settlement pattern. McIntosh makes similar arguments in documents nos. 5 and 13.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Population
- Domesticated animals
- Tillage
- Cereal agriculture
- Settlement patterns
- Production and supply
- 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
- essay
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1977-1987
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 250 B.C.-A.D. 1400
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Inland Niger Delta, Mali
- NotesAdditional notes
- Susan Keech McIntosh
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-79)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 98038081
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iron Age--Africa