book chapter
The second millennium AD in sub-Saharan Africa
African archaeology • Cambridge, Uk • Published In 2005 • Pages: 274-309
By: Phillipson, D. W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document provides a broad overview of most of sub-Saharan Africa, with a section on West Africa. The focus is on the archaeological record which, at the time of writing, emphasized the more easily detected larger towns and cities, concentrating on the themes of “trade and political power” rather than the people subjugated by those political centers. Various kingdoms and empires (1000-1600 AD) are explored, along with some information about trade networks and items, metalwork, burials, house types, language families, contact with other peoples, and the small amount of evidence for diet and agriculture.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Settlement patterns
- External trade
- Visual arts
- Territorial hierarchy
- Military organization
- 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
- book chapter
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2021
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- Not Applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1000-400 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Chad; Ghana; Mali; Mauritania; Niger; Nigeria; Senegal; The Gambia
- NotesAdditional notes
- David W. Phillipson
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2004049657
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- West African Regional Development