Barbara Eichhorn
Biographic Data
| ID | 1236680 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara Eichhorn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara |
| FAMILY NAME | Eichhorn |
| SIGNATURE | EICHHORN B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Goethe University Frankfurt |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 102 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Iron Age plant subsistence in the Inner Congo Basin (DR Congo)
Around 400 bc , pottery- and iron-producing populations immigrated into the Inner Congo Basin (ICB) and subsequently spread upstream some major tributaries of the Congo River. Until recently, their subsistence was almost completely unknown. We present an archaeobotanical study of three sites in the ICB covering parts of the Early Iron Age (ca. 400 bc - ad 650) and of the Late Iron Age (LIA) as well as subrecent times (ca. ad 1300–2000). We studie…
Diversification, Intensification and Specialization
Fuel selection during long-term ancient iron production in Sudan
The Royal City of Meroe, a capital of the ancient Kushite kingdom in modern Sudan, is renowned for its extensive remains of ancient iron production. The exploitation of wood to fuel Meroe’s metallurgical past has long been linked to environmental degradation. However, palaeoenvironmental studies involving archaeobotanical methods such as charcoal analysis, which might confirm or disprove the hypothesis of large-scale deforestation, have so far be…
Les mégalithes du Sénégal et de la Gambie dans leur contexte régional
Les architectures en pierre du mégalithisme sénégambien ont longtemps été considérées comme une entité autonome sur une partie du continent africain qui, traditionnellement, privilégie plutôt les constructions en terre crue. Nos connaissances sur ces monuments furent profondément modifiées par dix ans de recherches archéologiques sur la nécropole mégalithique de Wanar (Sénégal), classée au titre du patrimoine mondial de l’humanité. Cet article a …
Wood exploitation in a major pre-colonial West African iron production centre (Bassar, Togo)
New investigations at the Middle Stone Age site of Pockenbank Rockshelter, Namibia
In southern Africa, Middle Stone Age sites with long sequences have been the focus of intense international and interdisciplinary research over the past decade (cf. Wadley 2015). Two techno-complexes of the Middle Stone Age-the Still Bay and Howiesons Poort-have been associated with many technological and behavioural innovations of Homo sapiens. The classic model argues that these two techno-complexes are temporally separated 'horizons' with homo…
Towards a Better Understanding of Sub-Saharan Settlement Mounds before AD 1400
In the Niger Bend, many studies have shown the existence of settlement mounds which mainly developed between the 1 st millennium BC and the 15 th century AD. While knowledge about tell-type sites in sub-Saharan Africa has advanced in recent years, many aspects of this topic remain poorly understood. Considering the vast geographic area and time span, there is very little accurate chronostratigraphic information available. This relative lack of lo…
Land use history and resource utilisation from a.d. 400 to the present, at Chibuene, southern Mozambique
Phytolith taphonomy in the middle- to late-Holocene fluvial sediments of Ounjougou (Mali, West Africa)
In semi-arid ecosystems where lacustrine sediments are rare, bio-proxies preserved in fluvial deposits are needed to understand environmental changes. In this study, we evaluate the potential of phytoliths as a bio-proxy in the Yamé River’s deposits at Ounjougou (Mali, West Africa) covering the middle to late Holocene (7790–4000 cal. BP). In soils, phytolith assemblages result mainly from decomposition of local vegetation but in alluvial deposits…
New Excavations of Middle Stone Age Deposits at Apollo 11 Rockshelter, Namibia
This paper presents new information obtained from a recent excavation and reassessment of the stratigraphy, chronology, archaeological assemblages and environmental context of the Apollo 11 rockshelter, which contains the longest late Pleistocene and Holocene archaeological sequence in Namibia. The Middle Stone Age (MSA) industries represented at the site include an early MSA, Still Bay, Howieson’s Poort and late MSA. Optically stimulated lumines…
Developing a Chronology Integrating Archaeological and Environmental Data from Different Contexts
At Ounjougou, a site complex situated in the Yamé River valley on the Bandiagara Plateau (Dogon country, Mali), multidisciplinary research has revealed a rich archaeological and paleoenvironmental sequence used to reconstruct the history of human-environment interactions, especially during the Late Holocene (3500–300 cal BC). Geomorphological, archaeological, and archaeobotanical data coming from different sites and contexts were combined in orde…
Desert Roads and Transport Vessels From Late Roman-Coptic Times in the Eastern Sahara
A detailed archaeological study of the ancient long distance caravan routes across the Eastern Sahara has not yet been established. This paper describes the results of initial investigations on the identification of caravan traces by remote sensing reconnaissance, and archaeological field surveys west of the Nile. During this work, pottery of an obviously common but at present unknown type of a Late Roman or Coptic transport vessel was found alon…
Auf dem Holzweg … Eine Würdigung für Ursula Tegtmeier
New Excavations of Middle Stone Age Deposits at Apollo 11 Rockshelter, Namibia
This paper presents new information obtained from a recent excavation and reassessment of the stratigraphy, chronology, archaeological assemblages and environmental context of the Apollo 11 rockshelter, which contains the longest late Pleistocene and Holocene archaeological sequence in Namibia. The Middle Stone Age (MSA) industries represented at the site include an early MSA, Still Bay, Howieson’s Poort and late MSA. Optically stimulated lumines…
Diversification, Intensification and Specialization
Towards a Better Understanding of Sub-Saharan Settlement Mounds before AD 1400
In the Niger Bend, many studies have shown the existence of settlement mounds which mainly developed between the 1 st millennium BC and the 15 th century AD. While knowledge about tell-type sites in sub-Saharan Africa has advanced in recent years, many aspects of this topic remain poorly understood. Considering the vast geographic area and time span, there is very little accurate chronostratigraphic information available. This relative lack of lo…
Iron Age plant subsistence in the Inner Congo Basin (DR Congo)
Around 400 bc , pottery- and iron-producing populations immigrated into the Inner Congo Basin (ICB) and subsequently spread upstream some major tributaries of the Congo River. Until recently, their subsistence was almost completely unknown. We present an archaeobotanical study of three sites in the ICB covering parts of the Early Iron Age (ca. 400 bc - ad 650) and of the Late Iron Age (LIA) as well as subrecent times (ca. ad 1300–2000). We studie…
Phytolith taphonomy in the middle- to late-Holocene fluvial sediments of Ounjougou (Mali, West Africa)
In semi-arid ecosystems where lacustrine sediments are rare, bio-proxies preserved in fluvial deposits are needed to understand environmental changes. In this study, we evaluate the potential of phytoliths as a bio-proxy in the Yamé River’s deposits at Ounjougou (Mali, West Africa) covering the middle to late Holocene (7790–4000 cal. BP). In soils, phytolith assemblages result mainly from decomposition of local vegetation but in alluvial deposits…
Developing a Chronology Integrating Archaeological and Environmental Data from Different Contexts
At Ounjougou, a site complex situated in the Yamé River valley on the Bandiagara Plateau (Dogon country, Mali), multidisciplinary research has revealed a rich archaeological and paleoenvironmental sequence used to reconstruct the history of human-environment interactions, especially during the Late Holocene (3500–300 cal BC). Geomorphological, archaeological, and archaeobotanical data coming from different sites and contexts were combined in orde…
Fuel selection during long-term ancient iron production in Sudan
The Royal City of Meroe, a capital of the ancient Kushite kingdom in modern Sudan, is renowned for its extensive remains of ancient iron production. The exploitation of wood to fuel Meroe’s metallurgical past has long been linked to environmental degradation. However, palaeoenvironmental studies involving archaeobotanical methods such as charcoal analysis, which might confirm or disprove the hypothesis of large-scale deforestation, have so far be…
Land use history and resource utilisation from a.d. 400 to the present, at Chibuene, southern Mozambique
Desert Roads and Transport Vessels From Late Roman-Coptic Times in the Eastern Sahara
A detailed archaeological study of the ancient long distance caravan routes across the Eastern Sahara has not yet been established. This paper describes the results of initial investigations on the identification of caravan traces by remote sensing reconnaissance, and archaeological field surveys west of the Nile. During this work, pottery of an obviously common but at present unknown type of a Late Roman or Coptic transport vessel was found alon…
Desert Roads and Transport Vessels From Late Roman-Coptic Times in the Eastern Sahara
A detailed archaeological study of the ancient long distance caravan routes across the Eastern Sahara has not yet been established. This paper describes the results of initial investigations on the identification of caravan traces by remote sensing reconnaissance, and archaeological field surveys west of the Nile. During this work, pottery of an obviously common but at present unknown type of a Late Roman or Coptic transport vessel was found alon…
Developing a Chronology Integrating Archaeological and Environmental Data from Different Contexts
At Ounjougou, a site complex situated in the Yamé River valley on the Bandiagara Plateau (Dogon country, Mali), multidisciplinary research has revealed a rich archaeological and paleoenvironmental sequence used to reconstruct the history of human-environment interactions, especially during the Late Holocene (3500–300 cal BC). Geomorphological, archaeological, and archaeobotanical data coming from different sites and contexts were combined in orde…
New Excavations of Middle Stone Age Deposits at Apollo 11 Rockshelter, Namibia
This paper presents new information obtained from a recent excavation and reassessment of the stratigraphy, chronology, archaeological assemblages and environmental context of the Apollo 11 rockshelter, which contains the longest late Pleistocene and Holocene archaeological sequence in Namibia. The Middle Stone Age (MSA) industries represented at the site include an early MSA, Still Bay, Howieson’s Poort and late MSA. Optically stimulated lumines…
Phytolith taphonomy in the middle- to late-Holocene fluvial sediments of Ounjougou (Mali, West Africa)
In semi-arid ecosystems where lacustrine sediments are rare, bio-proxies preserved in fluvial deposits are needed to understand environmental changes. In this study, we evaluate the potential of phytoliths as a bio-proxy in the Yamé River’s deposits at Ounjougou (Mali, West Africa) covering the middle to late Holocene (7790–4000 cal. BP). In soils, phytolith assemblages result mainly from decomposition of local vegetation but in alluvial deposits…
Land use history and resource utilisation from a.d. 400 to the present, at Chibuene, southern Mozambique
Towards a Better Understanding of Sub-Saharan Settlement Mounds before AD 1400
In the Niger Bend, many studies have shown the existence of settlement mounds which mainly developed between the 1 st millennium BC and the 15 th century AD. While knowledge about tell-type sites in sub-Saharan Africa has advanced in recent years, many aspects of this topic remain poorly understood. Considering the vast geographic area and time span, there is very little accurate chronostratigraphic information available. This relative lack of lo…
New investigations at the Middle Stone Age site of Pockenbank Rockshelter, Namibia
In southern Africa, Middle Stone Age sites with long sequences have been the focus of intense international and interdisciplinary research over the past decade (cf. Wadley 2015). Two techno-complexes of the Middle Stone Age-the Still Bay and Howiesons Poort-have been associated with many technological and behavioural innovations of Homo sapiens. The classic model argues that these two techno-complexes are temporally separated 'horizons' with homo…
Les mégalithes du Sénégal et de la Gambie dans leur contexte régional
Les architectures en pierre du mégalithisme sénégambien ont longtemps été considérées comme une entité autonome sur une partie du continent africain qui, traditionnellement, privilégie plutôt les constructions en terre crue. Nos connaissances sur ces monuments furent profondément modifiées par dix ans de recherches archéologiques sur la nécropole mégalithique de Wanar (Sénégal), classée au titre du patrimoine mondial de l’humanité. Cet article a …
Wood exploitation in a major pre-colonial West African iron production centre (Bassar, Togo)
Diversification, Intensification and Specialization
Fuel selection during long-term ancient iron production in Sudan
The Royal City of Meroe, a capital of the ancient Kushite kingdom in modern Sudan, is renowned for its extensive remains of ancient iron production. The exploitation of wood to fuel Meroe’s metallurgical past has long been linked to environmental degradation. However, palaeoenvironmental studies involving archaeobotanical methods such as charcoal analysis, which might confirm or disprove the hypothesis of large-scale deforestation, have so far be…
Iron Age plant subsistence in the Inner Congo Basin (DR Congo)
Around 400 bc , pottery- and iron-producing populations immigrated into the Inner Congo Basin (ICB) and subsequently spread upstream some major tributaries of the Congo River. Until recently, their subsistence was almost completely unknown. We present an archaeobotanical study of three sites in the ICB covering parts of the Early Iron Age (ca. 400 bc - ad 650) and of the Late Iron Age (LIA) as well as subrecent times (ca. ad 1300–2000). We studie…
Auf dem Holzweg … Eine Würdigung für Ursula Tegtmeier
Geography (11 works) · Archaeology (9 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (5 works) · Geology (5 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (5 works) · African Botany and Ecology Studies (4 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (4 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Environmental Science (4 works) · African Studies and Ethnography (3 works)