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Iron Age Gao: an archaeological contribution
Journal of African history • 38 (1) • Published In 1997 • Pages: 1-30
By: Insoll, Timothy.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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, settlement patterns, and the origins and development of the major sites (Gao Ancien and Gao–Saney), as well as for trade and the economy.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural participation
- Ceramic technology
- Settlement patterns
- Internal trade
- External trade
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- West African Regional Development
- 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
- Sarah Berry; 2022
- 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
- 700-1400 AD
- 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
- By Timothy Insoll
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 63005723
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- West African Regional Development