The Land of Houlouf: Genesis of a Chadic Polity, 1900 B.C.–A.D. 1800

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A thorough review of the important archaeological sites on the Chadian Plain, including Houlouf, which the author excavated 1980–1990. Contents List Of Figures List Of Tables Preface Chapter 1. Chadian Plain Archaeology: An Outline Introduction Research History Modeling Site Location Strategies The Landscape: Past and Present Holocene Settlement Expansion The Early Holocene Settlement Phase The Late Holocene Settlement Phase Tempo and Modes of Late Stone Age Colonization Learning from Historical Linguistics Concluding Remarks Chapter 2. Social Formations: An Archaeological Perspective Introduction Archaeology and Social Change Within the Black Box West African Social Formations: An Outline World Systems, Center-Periphery and Peer-Polity Interaction: A Case Study Warfare, Migrations and Settlement Relocation Pattern of Exchange, Rank and Hierarchy Archaeological Perspectives Chapter 3. The Research Program Introduction Survey Operations Extensive and Selective Survey Judgmental Survey Intensive Survey The Study Area Excavation Strategies Chapter 4. Excavations at Deguesse, Krenak, And Hamei Excavations at Deguesse Introduction The Stratigraphic Sequence Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence Summary Excavations at Krenak Introduction The Stratigraphic Sequence Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence Summary Excavations at Hamei Introduction The Stratigraphic Sequence Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence Summary Chapter 5. Excavations At Yaere Sites Excavations at Mishiskwa Introduction The Stratigraphic Sequence Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence Summary Excavations at Madaf Introduction The Stratigraphic Sequence Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence Summary Excavations at Amachita Introduction The Stratigraphic Sequence, Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence Summary Excavations at Sororo Introduction The Stratigraphic Sequence, Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence Summary Chapter 6. Excavations At Southeastern Sites Excavations at Ble Mound A Introduction The Stratigraphic Sequence Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence Summary Excavations at Ble Mound B Introduction The Stratigraphic Sequence Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence Summary Excavations at Ble Mound C Introduction The Stratigraphic Sequence Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence Summary Excavations at Ble Mound D Introduction The Stratigraphic Sequence Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence Summary Excavations at Ble Mound E Introduction The Stratigraphic Sequence, Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence Summary Excavations at Krenak-Sao Introduction The Stratigraphic Sequence Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence Summary Chapter 7. Excavations at Houlouf Introduction The Stratigraphic Sequence Occupation Horizon I Occupation Horizon II Occupation Horizon III Occupation Horizon IV Occupation Horizon V Occupation Horizon VI Occupation Horizon VII Occupation Horizon VIII The Palace Complex Surface Material Summary Chapter 8. The Formation Of The Landscape Introduction: Hypotheses Before the Mounds: Ancient Topography of the Study Area Geomorphological Probes Sedimentary Buildup in a Fossil Channel Abani Channel-Krenak-Sao Geomorphological Transect Chapter 9. Genesis Of The Houlouf Chiefdom Introduction A Long Prelude: The Deguesse Phase The Krenak Phase The Mishiskwa Phase The Ble Phase The Houlouf Phase The Houlouf Phase A Cemetery Burial Facilities and the Disposal of the Dead Distribution of Grave Goods Spatial Organization of the Cemetery The Fabric of the Elite Procurement Strategies and Accumulation of Material Capital From Material to Symbolic Capital Cemetery Space, Social Factions and Occupational Hierarchy Spatial Context of the Cemetery Formal Disposal Area and Social Dynamics The Collapse of the Houlouf Chiefdom Surface Material and Archaeological Inference Chapter 10. Contingency,"Events," "Mentalites," Conjonctures And Social Formations Landscape and Regional Settlement Dynamics Mound Formation Processes Subsistence Patterns: Long-Term Perspectives Craft Specialization Ceramic Production Salt Production Fish Processing and Smoking Metal Production Long-Distance Exchange Events, Mentalites, Conjonctures, and Social Formations Events Mentalites Social Formations References Appendix A. Houlouf Pottery Descriptions