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Essouk-Tadmekka: An Early Islamic Trans-Saharan Market Town

By Sam Nixon (editor)

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2017
ISBN
9004346147, 9789004346147
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
43 MB (44613129 bytes)
Series
Journal of African Archaeology Monograph Series 13
Edition
1
Pages
340\447
Time added
2020-04-01 13:36:22

Description

In Essouk-Tadmekka Sam Nixon and a team of scholars present the first archaeological exploration of the southern Saharan town of Essouk-Tadmekka, in early Islamic times an important market centre on the trans-Saharan camel-caravan routes linking the Mediterranean and West Africa. Contents Preface Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Part 1: Introduction 1 Overview • Sam Nixon 2 An Unexplored Market Town of the Early Trans-Saharan Trade • Sam Nixon 3 The Essouk-Tadmekka Locality: Environment and Human Geography • Sam Nixon Part 2: Site Overview and Surface Remains 4 The Essouk-Tadmekka Ruins and Their Prospection • Sam Nixon 5 Arabic and Tifinagh Inscriptions • Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias Part 3: Excavations and Architecture 6 Excavation Programme and Methods • Sam Nixon 7 Excavations in the Mosque Quarter (Unit Ek-A) • Sam Nixon 8 Excavations near the Eastern Cliffs (Unit Ek-B) • Sam Nixon 9 Excavations on the Island (Unit Ek-C) • Sam Nixon 10 Chronology • Sam Nixon 11 Architecture • Sam Nixon and Benoit Suzanne Part 4: Finds 12 Pottery • Sam Nixon and Kevin MacDonald 13 Glass Vessels • Sam Nixon, James Lankton and Laure Dussubieux 14 Beads • James Lankton, Sam Nixon, Peter Robertshaw and Laure Dussubieux 15 Gold Processing Remains • Sam Nixon and Thilo Rehren 16 Crucible-steel Making and Other Metalworking Remains • Thilo Rehren and Sam Nixon 17 Coins and Other Metal Artefacts • Sam Nixon 18 Miscellaneous Material Culture • Sam Nixon 19 Eggshell • Jane Sidell 20 Faunal Remains • Kevin C. MacDonald 21 Plant Remains • Dorian Fuller, Mary-Anne Murray and Sam Nixon Part 5: Synthesis and Discussion 22 Excavated Sequence • Sam Nixon 23 A New Cultural History of Essouk-Tadmekka • Sam Nixon 24 Debating Trans-Saharan Commerce and Culture • Sam Nixon Conclusion Appendices Appendix A: Early Arabic Documentary Records of Tadmekka • Sam Nixon Appendix B: Plans of Essouk-Tadmekka Town Ruins and Cemeteries • Benoit Suzanne Appendix C: Essouk Arabic Non-Funerary Inscriptions, New (Previously Unpublished) Series • Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias Appendix D: Context Descriptions for Excavation Units • Sam Nixon Appendix E: Pottery Analysis Tables and Additional Illustrative Materials • Sam Nixon & Kevin MacDonald Appendix F: Glass Vessels Tables • Sam Nixon & James Lankton Appendix G: Glass Bead Tables • Sam Nixon & James Lankton Appendix H: Vessel and Bead Glass Chemical Compositional Analysis • James Lankton, Peter Robertshaw, Laure Dussubieux & Sam Nixon Appendix I: Archaeometallurgical Waste • Thilo Rehren Appendix J: Digital X-ray Imaging and Conservation Treatment of Silver Coinsand Related Finds • Stephanie Black Appendix K: Preliminary Chemical and Technical Analyses of Essouk Metal Artefacts • Thomas R. Fenn, Thilo Rehren and Laure Dussubieux Appendix L: Note sur le damas et sur le « voile » de soie d’Essouk-Tadmekka • Sophie Desrosiers Appendix M: Faunal Remains Tables • Kevin MacDonald Appendix N: Species Counts of Plant Remains • Dorian Fuller, Mary-Anne Murray and Sam Nixon Bibliography Index

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