L Champion
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 5818 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | L Champion |
| NOMBRES | L |
| APELLIDO | Champion |
| FIRMA | CHAMPION L |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Geneva |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0136-9136 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 18 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 136 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2015 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 8 |
Westward expansion of pearl millet agriculture into the Lac de Guiers basin, Senegal, by c. AD 200
International audience
Cotton and post-Neolithic investment agriculture in tropical Asia and Africa, with two routes to West Africa
This article provides an up-to-date review of the origins and spread of cottons in the Old World based on archaeobotanical evidence, and explores the routes and socioeconomic context through which cotton cultivation became established across the tropics and sub-tropics of Asia and Africa. Two cotton species were domesticated in the Old World, one of which was grown for millennia as a long-lived tree (Gossypium arboreum) and the other as a shrub o…
Late prehistoric and early historic chronology of Myanmar
Myanmar is located within an important geographic corridor of prehistoric demographic and technological exchange, yet relatively few archaeological sites have been securely dated. Here, the authors present a new radiocarbon chronology for Halin, a UNESCO-listed complex in the north-central Sagaing Division of Myanmar, which contributes to the generation of nuanced regional chronologies and to improving the temporal resolution of Southeast Asia mo…
Ce sont les femmes qui savent
Les changements globaux affectent depuis quelques décennies les rizières estuariennes de Basse-Casamance : ils imposent aux cultivatrices de nouvelles pratiques agricoles et influencent de nouveaux choix de semences. Cet article a pour objectif de montrer comment les représentations environnementales des cultivatrices leur permettent de mettre en œuvre des savoirs et des pratiques agricoles dynamiques qui participent à la continuité de la product…
Wang Duan
Expanding Space and Time at Igbo-Ukwu
Making the invisible visible
Pearl millet and iron in the West African Sahel
Recent archaeobotanical analysis revealed that the botanical remains from the site of Tongo Maaré Diabal (Mali) are composed primarily of pearl millet remains (up to 85%). Contemporaneous West African sites (500–1200 Cal AD) usually display more diverse patterns, especially by the end of this period. Indeed, contemporary urban sites of the West African Sahel often comprise combined and diversified farming systems of millet (Pennisetum glaucum), A…
The Scarcity Slot
Evidence of an Eleventh-Century AD Cola Nitida Trade into the Middle Niger Region
Kola nut ( Cola cf. nitida ) and Safou fruit ( Dacryodes edulis ) remains have been discovered in eleventh- to fourteenth-century archaeological contexts at Togu Missiri near Ségou in Mali. These remains are evidence of early trade in perishable foodstuffs from the West African forest zone into the Middle Niger region. On the basis of these finds, this paper argues that long-distance trade links were well established by the end of the first mille…
Transition From Wild to Domesticated Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum) Revealed in Ceramic Temper at Three Middle Holocene Sites in Northern Mali
Imprints of domesticated pearl millet ( Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) spikelets, observed as temper in ceramics dating to the third millennium BC, provide the earliest evidence for the cultivation and domestication process of this crop in northern Mali. Additional sherds from the same region dating to the fifth and fourth millennium BC were examined and found to have pearl millet chaff with wild morphologies. In addition to studying sherds by s…
Agricultural diversification in West Africa
While narratives of the spread of agriculture are central to interpretation of African history, hard evidence of past crops and cultivation practices are still few. This research aims at filling this gap and better understanding the evolution of agriculture and foodways in West Africa. It reports evidence from systematic flotation samples taken at the settlement mounds of Sadia (Mali), dating from 4 phases (phase 0=before first-third century AD; …
Snapshots in time
Nitrogen isotope values of Pennisetum glaucum (pearl millet) grains
Diversification, Intensification and Specialization
A first absolute chronology for Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age Myanmar
Evidence for Sorghum Domestication in Fourth Millennium BC Eastern Sudan
Since the 1970s, the quest for finding the origins of domesticated sorghum in Africa has remained elusive despite the fact that sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. sensu stricto) is one of the world's most important cereals. Recognized as originating from wild populations in Africa (Sorghum arundinaceum (Desv.) Stapf), however, the date and cultural context of its domestication has been controversial, with many scholars inferring an early Holoc…
Iron Production in Northern Benin
In the context of the “Crossroads of Empires” project led by Anne Haour, one strand of enquiry aims to understand the history of blacksmith groups and the development of iron production in Dendi country, in the northern Republic of Benin. Numerous remains of iron production have been discovered, showing a great variability in furnace design and waste assemblages. At least three smelting traditions can be distinguished. In this paper, we present t…
Evidence for Sorghum Domestication in Fourth Millennium BC Eastern Sudan
Since the 1970s, the quest for finding the origins of domesticated sorghum in Africa has remained elusive despite the fact that sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. sensu stricto) is one of the world's most important cereals. Recognized as originating from wild populations in Africa (Sorghum arundinaceum (Desv.) Stapf), however, the date and cultural context of its domestication has been controversial, with many scholars inferring an early Holoc…
Diversification, Intensification and Specialization
Agricultural diversification in West Africa
While narratives of the spread of agriculture are central to interpretation of African history, hard evidence of past crops and cultivation practices are still few. This research aims at filling this gap and better understanding the evolution of agriculture and foodways in West Africa. It reports evidence from systematic flotation samples taken at the settlement mounds of Sadia (Mali), dating from 4 phases (phase 0=before first-third century AD; …
Snapshots in time
Nitrogen isotope values of Pennisetum glaucum (pearl millet) grains
Making the invisible visible
Transition From Wild to Domesticated Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum) Revealed in Ceramic Temper at Three Middle Holocene Sites in Northern Mali
Imprints of domesticated pearl millet ( Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) spikelets, observed as temper in ceramics dating to the third millennium BC, provide the earliest evidence for the cultivation and domestication process of this crop in northern Mali. Additional sherds from the same region dating to the fifth and fourth millennium BC were examined and found to have pearl millet chaff with wild morphologies. In addition to studying sherds by s…
A first absolute chronology for Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age Myanmar
Ce sont les femmes qui savent
Les changements globaux affectent depuis quelques décennies les rizières estuariennes de Basse-Casamance : ils imposent aux cultivatrices de nouvelles pratiques agricoles et influencent de nouveaux choix de semences. Cet article a pour objectif de montrer comment les représentations environnementales des cultivatrices leur permettent de mettre en œuvre des savoirs et des pratiques agricoles dynamiques qui participent à la continuité de la product…
Late prehistoric and early historic chronology of Myanmar
Myanmar is located within an important geographic corridor of prehistoric demographic and technological exchange, yet relatively few archaeological sites have been securely dated. Here, the authors present a new radiocarbon chronology for Halin, a UNESCO-listed complex in the north-central Sagaing Division of Myanmar, which contributes to the generation of nuanced regional chronologies and to improving the temporal resolution of Southeast Asia mo…
Evidence of an Eleventh-Century AD Cola Nitida Trade into the Middle Niger Region
Kola nut ( Cola cf. nitida ) and Safou fruit ( Dacryodes edulis ) remains have been discovered in eleventh- to fourteenth-century archaeological contexts at Togu Missiri near Ségou in Mali. These remains are evidence of early trade in perishable foodstuffs from the West African forest zone into the Middle Niger region. On the basis of these finds, this paper argues that long-distance trade links were well established by the end of the first mille…
Cotton and post-Neolithic investment agriculture in tropical Asia and Africa, with two routes to West Africa
This article provides an up-to-date review of the origins and spread of cottons in the Old World based on archaeobotanical evidence, and explores the routes and socioeconomic context through which cotton cultivation became established across the tropics and sub-tropics of Asia and Africa. Two cotton species were domesticated in the Old World, one of which was grown for millennia as a long-lived tree (Gossypium arboreum) and the other as a shrub o…
Expanding Space and Time at Igbo-Ukwu
Pearl millet and iron in the West African Sahel
Recent archaeobotanical analysis revealed that the botanical remains from the site of Tongo Maaré Diabal (Mali) are composed primarily of pearl millet remains (up to 85%). Contemporaneous West African sites (500–1200 Cal AD) usually display more diverse patterns, especially by the end of this period. Indeed, contemporary urban sites of the West African Sahel often comprise combined and diversified farming systems of millet (Pennisetum glaucum), A…
Iron Production in Northern Benin
In the context of the “Crossroads of Empires” project led by Anne Haour, one strand of enquiry aims to understand the history of blacksmith groups and the development of iron production in Dendi country, in the northern Republic of Benin. Numerous remains of iron production have been discovered, showing a great variability in furnace design and waste assemblages. At least three smelting traditions can be distinguished. In this paper, we present t…
Evidence for Sorghum Domestication in Fourth Millennium BC Eastern Sudan
Since the 1970s, the quest for finding the origins of domesticated sorghum in Africa has remained elusive despite the fact that sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. sensu stricto) is one of the world's most important cereals. Recognized as originating from wild populations in Africa (Sorghum arundinaceum (Desv.) Stapf), however, the date and cultural context of its domestication has been controversial, with many scholars inferring an early Holoc…
A first absolute chronology for Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age Myanmar
Nitrogen isotope values of Pennisetum glaucum (pearl millet) grains
Diversification, Intensification and Specialization
Snapshots in time
Pearl millet and iron in the West African Sahel
Recent archaeobotanical analysis revealed that the botanical remains from the site of Tongo Maaré Diabal (Mali) are composed primarily of pearl millet remains (up to 85%). Contemporaneous West African sites (500–1200 Cal AD) usually display more diverse patterns, especially by the end of this period. Indeed, contemporary urban sites of the West African Sahel often comprise combined and diversified farming systems of millet (Pennisetum glaucum), A…
The Scarcity Slot
Evidence of an Eleventh-Century AD Cola Nitida Trade into the Middle Niger Region
Kola nut ( Cola cf. nitida ) and Safou fruit ( Dacryodes edulis ) remains have been discovered in eleventh- to fourteenth-century archaeological contexts at Togu Missiri near Ségou in Mali. These remains are evidence of early trade in perishable foodstuffs from the West African forest zone into the Middle Niger region. On the basis of these finds, this paper argues that long-distance trade links were well established by the end of the first mille…
Transition From Wild to Domesticated Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum) Revealed in Ceramic Temper at Three Middle Holocene Sites in Northern Mali
Imprints of domesticated pearl millet ( Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.) spikelets, observed as temper in ceramics dating to the third millennium BC, provide the earliest evidence for the cultivation and domestication process of this crop in northern Mali. Additional sherds from the same region dating to the fifth and fourth millennium BC were examined and found to have pearl millet chaff with wild morphologies. In addition to studying sherds by s…
Agricultural diversification in West Africa
While narratives of the spread of agriculture are central to interpretation of African history, hard evidence of past crops and cultivation practices are still few. This research aims at filling this gap and better understanding the evolution of agriculture and foodways in West Africa. It reports evidence from systematic flotation samples taken at the settlement mounds of Sadia (Mali), dating from 4 phases (phase 0=before first-third century AD; …
Wang Duan
Expanding Space and Time at Igbo-Ukwu
Making the invisible visible
Ce sont les femmes qui savent
Les changements globaux affectent depuis quelques décennies les rizières estuariennes de Basse-Casamance : ils imposent aux cultivatrices de nouvelles pratiques agricoles et influencent de nouveaux choix de semences. Cet article a pour objectif de montrer comment les représentations environnementales des cultivatrices leur permettent de mettre en œuvre des savoirs et des pratiques agricoles dynamiques qui participent à la continuité de la product…
Cotton and post-Neolithic investment agriculture in tropical Asia and Africa, with two routes to West Africa
This article provides an up-to-date review of the origins and spread of cottons in the Old World based on archaeobotanical evidence, and explores the routes and socioeconomic context through which cotton cultivation became established across the tropics and sub-tropics of Asia and Africa. Two cotton species were domesticated in the Old World, one of which was grown for millennia as a long-lived tree (Gossypium arboreum) and the other as a shrub o…
Late prehistoric and early historic chronology of Myanmar
Myanmar is located within an important geographic corridor of prehistoric demographic and technological exchange, yet relatively few archaeological sites have been securely dated. Here, the authors present a new radiocarbon chronology for Halin, a UNESCO-listed complex in the north-central Sagaing Division of Myanmar, which contributes to the generation of nuanced regional chronologies and to improving the temporal resolution of Southeast Asia mo…
Westward expansion of pearl millet agriculture into the Lac de Guiers basin, Senegal, by c. AD 200
International audience
Archaeology (14 obras) · Geography (13 obras) · African Botany and Ecology Studies (8 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (8 obras) · Biology (8 obras) · Ancient history (6 obras) · History (6 obras) · Agriculture (5 obras) · Agriculture and Rural Development Research (5 obras) · Domestication (5 obras)