Pierre De Maret
Biographic Data
| ID | 147634 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pierre De Maret |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pierre |
| FAMILY NAME | De Maret |
| SIGNATURE | DE MARET P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université Libre de Bruxelles |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7775-3444 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 40 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 269 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 39 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 11 |
Christophe Mbida Mindzie (1956-2025)
The Carboneras Beach archaeological site on Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea): Old Data and New Stories About a Unique Culture
Off the coast of Cameroon, Bioko Island was populated by the Bubi at an early stage of the Bantu expansion, although surprisingly they did not use iron until the arrival of the Europeans much later. Unfortunately, despite some research having been undertaken, mostly during the Spanish colonial period, the local archaeological sequence remains poorly known. On the basis of some short excavations carried out on Bioko, this paper evaluates the state…
Fouilles et prospections entre Kisantu et le fleuve Congo
Bernard Clist, Els Cranshof, Pierre de Maret, Mandela Kaumba, Roger Kidebua, Igor Matonda, Alphonse Nkanza Lutayi, Jeanine Yogolelo, Fouilles et prospections entre Kisantu et le fleuve Congo, Une archéologie des provinces septentrionales du royaume Kongo, pp. 133-162
Les débuts de la céramique, de la sédentarisation et de la métallurgie
Historique des recherches archéologiques
Le milieu physique
Stratégies et méthodologies
Ceramics Decorated with Woven Motifs: An Archaeological Kongo Kingdom Identifier?
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Archéologie des Provinces Septentrionales du Royaume Kongo
Séquence chrono-culturelle de la poterie kongo (13e-19e siècles)
Regards croisés sur le royaume Kongo
L’histoire du royaume Kongo revisitée par l’archéologie
Dans ce chapitre nous présentons la synthèse des résultats des recherches archéologiques réalisées au cours du projet KongoKing subdivisée en deux époques : l’Âge du Fer Ancien d’une part et, d’autre part, l’Âge du Fer Récent qui inclut la période historique du royaume Kongo. Nous présentons alors un nouveau bilan du développement du royaume Kongo en croisant ces nouvelles données fournies par l’archéologie avec l’histoire et les traditions orale…
Une archéologie des provinces septentrionales du royaume Kongo
This text presents in detail the results of archaeological research carried out by the KongoKing project in the former northern provinces of the Kongo Kingdom, currently located in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Tea Party Toys? Classical Kisalian Grave Goods from the Upemba (D.R. Congo)
The continuous Iron Age sequence that connects the 10 th century Kisalian in central Africa to the present day inhabitants of the area, the Luba, provides a rare opportunity to link archaeological data to ethnographic observations. Numerous Kisalian graves reflect the elaborate rituals and beliefs and the complex socioeconomic organization of that period. One of its intriguing aspects is the extensive use of various miniature objects as grave goo…
Bones, sex, and dolls: Solving a mystery in Central Africa and beyond
Ethnographic parallels are used to explain the presence and significance of caprine or antelope metapodial bones principally in children's graves in Iron Age contexts in the Congo. Beyond Africa, in the Neolithic in France and Italy, but also during the Bronze Age in the Levant, the same mysterious bones have often been collected in similar contexts. It is likely that the natural shape of these bones led them to be seen as human figures and to be…
From kinship to kingship: An African journey into complexity
In Africa, where kinship provided the underlying structure of society, social networks and ritual power appear to be at the core of the notion of power and the emergence of political complexity. In studying those developments, and how African political systems challenged simplistic neo-evolutionary models as they kept moving back and forth from lineage to kingdom, it may be useful to focus first on understanding how egalitarian societies became c…
Why Bananas Matter: An introduction to the history of banana domestication
The multi-disciplinary contributions to this volume are all dedicated to the history of banana (Musa spp.) domestication and its significance. Wild bananas of the genus Musa have undergone a complex domestication history that has only been partially unravelled and remains to be fully elucidated. This volume is the first attempt to synthesise the latest 'state of the art' research across a range of disciplines (either in combination or separately)…
The initial history of bananas in Africa. A reply to Jan Vansina, Azania , 2003
The Prehistory of Food
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Africa: Tools and implements
First archaeological evidence of banana cultivation in central Africa during the third millennium before present
Pits, Pots and the Far-West Streams
L'auteur fait le point sur les problemes et les difficultes de l'etude des origines et du developpment d'une economie de fermage et de l'expansion des populations bantoues en Afrique centrale sub-equatoriale, en particulier dans la region de la foret tropicale
Elements for an Anthropology of Technology
Tippo Tip à Mulongo. Nouvelles données sur le début de la pénétration arabo-swahili au Sahara
The tribal lands of the Luba of Mulongo, situated at the extreme north of the Upemba depression are not only an almost obligatory point of passage for those coming from the east en route to the heart of the Luba but are also an important market. It is therefore a very useful place to study the Arab-Swahili penetration in the kingdom of Luba in the nineteenth century, especially as one of the first merchants to reach this chefferie was none other …
An Interview With Luc de Heusch
info:eu-repo/semantics/published
New Survey of Archaeological Research and Dates for West-Central and North-Central Africa
Le présent article fait la synthèse pour l'Afrique centrale des recherches archéo-logiques, et plus particulièrement des datations absolues, effectuées ces quatre dernières années. Comme les autres articles de cette série, seuls sont pris en considération les travaux se rapportant à la fin de l'âge de la pierre et à l'âge du fer. Eu égard à l'immensité de l'aire envisagée, l'archéologie apparaît, en dehors de quelques zones limitées, comme encore…
The Ngovo Group: An industry with polished stone tools and pottery in Lower Zaïre
Recent Archaeological Research and Dates from Central Africa
Depuis la synthèse précédente, les recherches archéologiques se sont développées et diversifiées en Afrique Centrale. Pour la préhistoire, des recherches prometteuses sont effectuées sur les processus géomorphoiogiques au Congo, ce qui permettra de mieux comprendre les problèmes posés par l'interpretation des vestiges découverts dans les formations sableuses. Du Gabon à l'Angola, on assiste à un intérêt croissant pour les vestiges des populations…
Radiocarbon Dates from West Central Africa: A Synthesis
Grâce aux recherches récentes, le nombre de dates C 14 disponibles pour l'Afrique centrale s'est considérablement accru. Une synthèse critique de toutes les datations connues est présentée ici. Malgré une apparente bonne coïncidence entre les dates et les industries lithiques de la partie ouest, un examen minutieux montre la nécessité de redéfinir l'ensemble des industries lithiques généralement distinguées. Dans la partie est, le microlithique e…
First archaeological evidence of banana cultivation in central Africa during the third millennium before present
On the Argument From Ceramics to History: A Challenge Based on Evidence From Medieval Nubia [and Comments and Reply]
The assumption that major changes in pottery closely reflect change in other areas of culture has been widely accepted by prehistorians, but it has seldom been tested against independent historical or ethnographic evidence. It is here suggested, on the basis of dated pottery types and of independently dated historical developments, that there is not necessarily a close connection between the two. The evidence for this conclusion is derived from h…
Ceux qui jouent avec le feu: La place du forgeron en Afrique centrale
Opening ParagraphLa grande presse a fait assez largement écho à un article publié dans Science (Schmidt et Avery 1978) selon lequel on fondait il y a 2.000 ans de l'acier au coeur de l'Afrique. Grâce à une technique hautement sophistiquée, recourant notamment au préchauffage du vent, on obtenait un métal digne d'une aciérie moderne
Why Bananas Matter: An introduction to the history of banana domestication
The multi-disciplinary contributions to this volume are all dedicated to the history of banana (Musa spp.) domestication and its significance. Wild bananas of the genus Musa have undergone a complex domestication history that has only been partially unravelled and remains to be fully elucidated. This volume is the first attempt to synthesise the latest 'state of the art' research across a range of disciplines (either in combination or separately)…
Une archéologie des provinces septentrionales du royaume Kongo
This text presents in detail the results of archaeological research carried out by the KongoKing project in the former northern provinces of the Kongo Kingdom, currently located in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Sanga: New Excavations, More Data, and Some Related Problems
Le site de Sanga, très important aussi bien du point de vue archéologique que linguistique, historique ou géographique, avait fait l'objet de fouilles en 1957 et 1958. Ces travaux avaient montré l'existence de trois ‘cultures’: Kisalienne, Mulongo et Red Slip, successives ou partiellement contemporaines et datées du VIII–IXe siècle. De nouvelles fouilles en 1974. ont permis d'établir la chronologie du cimetière dont l'utilisation s'étend au moins…
Pits, Pots and the Far-West Streams
L'auteur fait le point sur les problemes et les difficultes de l'etude des origines et du developpment d'une economie de fermage et de l'expansion des populations bantoues en Afrique centrale sub-equatoriale, en particulier dans la region de la foret tropicale
History of Bantu Metallurgy: Some Linguistic Aspects
Under the influence of certain conclusions in comparative linguistics, historians, archeologists and ethnologists have been led to believe that the diffusion of the Bantu languages could be linked to that of iron metallurgy. Yet from a purely linguistic point of view, the only indications of metallurgical knowledge by the Proto-Bantus are the reconstruction of terminology directly related to metallurgical techniques, reconstructions made on the b…
Research Notes and Application Reports Histogram Evaluation of 14 C Dates Applied to the First Complete Iron Age Sequence From West Central Africa
Luba Roots: The First Complete Iron Age Sequence in Zaire
info:eu-repo/semantics/published
The Carboneras Beach archaeological site on Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea): Old Data and New Stories About a Unique Culture
Off the coast of Cameroon, Bioko Island was populated by the Bubi at an early stage of the Bantu expansion, although surprisingly they did not use iron until the arrival of the Europeans much later. Unfortunately, despite some research having been undertaken, mostly during the Spanish colonial period, the local archaeological sequence remains poorly known. On the basis of some short excavations carried out on Bioko, this paper evaluates the state…
Bones, sex, and dolls: Solving a mystery in Central Africa and beyond
Ethnographic parallels are used to explain the presence and significance of caprine or antelope metapodial bones principally in children's graves in Iron Age contexts in the Congo. Beyond Africa, in the Neolithic in France and Italy, but also during the Bronze Age in the Levant, the same mysterious bones have often been collected in similar contexts. It is likely that the natural shape of these bones led them to be seen as human figures and to be…
The initial history of bananas in Africa. A reply to Jan Vansina, Azania , 2003
A carbon-14 date from Zaïre
info:eu-repo/semantics/published
From kinship to kingship: An African journey into complexity
In Africa, where kinship provided the underlying structure of society, social networks and ritual power appear to be at the core of the notion of power and the emergence of political complexity. In studying those developments, and how African political systems challenged simplistic neo-evolutionary models as they kept moving back and forth from lineage to kingdom, it may be useful to focus first on understanding how egalitarian societies became c…
L'Evolution Monetaire du Shaba Central Entre le 7e et le 18e Siecle
Ne au milieu de ce qui est aujourd'hui la region du Shaba, au sudest du Zaire, le royaume luba a occupe une place primordiale parmi les anciens Etats de l'Afrique centrale. L'un des premiers qui aient ete bases sur une organisation politique non lignagere, ce royaume allait atteindre une extension conside able. A son apogee, au cours du 19e siecle, il exergait sa domination sur pas moins de 300.000 km2. Son influence fut enorme et se fit sentir l…
The Luba Shankadi Style
Tea Party Toys? Classical Kisalian Grave Goods from the Upemba (D.R. Congo)
The continuous Iron Age sequence that connects the 10 th century Kisalian in central Africa to the present day inhabitants of the area, the Luba, provides a rare opportunity to link archaeological data to ethnographic observations. Numerous Kisalian graves reflect the elaborate rituals and beliefs and the complex socioeconomic organization of that period. One of its intriguing aspects is the extensive use of various miniature objects as grave goo…
An Interview With Luc de Heusch
info:eu-repo/semantics/published
The Luba Shankadi Style
A carbon-14 date from Zaïre
info:eu-repo/semantics/published
History of Bantu Metallurgy: Some Linguistic Aspects
Under the influence of certain conclusions in comparative linguistics, historians, archeologists and ethnologists have been led to believe that the diffusion of the Bantu languages could be linked to that of iron metallurgy. Yet from a purely linguistic point of view, the only indications of metallurgical knowledge by the Proto-Bantus are the reconstruction of terminology directly related to metallurgical techniques, reconstructions made on the b…
Sanga: New Excavations, More Data, and Some Related Problems
Le site de Sanga, très important aussi bien du point de vue archéologique que linguistique, historique ou géographique, avait fait l'objet de fouilles en 1957 et 1958. Ces travaux avaient montré l'existence de trois ‘cultures’: Kisalienne, Mulongo et Red Slip, successives ou partiellement contemporaines et datées du VIII–IXe siècle. De nouvelles fouilles en 1974. ont permis d'établir la chronologie du cimetière dont l'utilisation s'étend au moins…
Radiocarbon Dates from West Central Africa: A Synthesis
Grâce aux recherches récentes, le nombre de dates C 14 disponibles pour l'Afrique centrale s'est considérablement accru. Une synthèse critique de toutes les datations connues est présentée ici. Malgré une apparente bonne coïncidence entre les dates et les industries lithiques de la partie ouest, un examen minutieux montre la nécessité de redéfinir l'ensemble des industries lithiques généralement distinguées. Dans la partie est, le microlithique e…
On the Argument From Ceramics to History: A Challenge Based on Evidence From Medieval Nubia [and Comments and Reply]
The assumption that major changes in pottery closely reflect change in other areas of culture has been widely accepted by prehistorians, but it has seldom been tested against independent historical or ethnographic evidence. It is here suggested, on the basis of dated pottery types and of independently dated historical developments, that there is not necessarily a close connection between the two. The evidence for this conclusion is derived from h…
Luba Roots: The First Complete Iron Age Sequence in Zaire
info:eu-repo/semantics/published
Ceux qui jouent avec le feu: La place du forgeron en Afrique centrale
Opening ParagraphLa grande presse a fait assez largement écho à un article publié dans Science (Schmidt et Avery 1978) selon lequel on fondait il y a 2.000 ans de l'acier au coeur de l'Afrique. Grâce à une technique hautement sophistiquée, recourant notamment au préchauffage du vent, on obtenait un métal digne d'une aciérie moderne
L'Evolution Monetaire du Shaba Central Entre le 7e et le 18e Siecle
Ne au milieu de ce qui est aujourd'hui la region du Shaba, au sudest du Zaire, le royaume luba a occupe une place primordiale parmi les anciens Etats de l'Afrique centrale. L'un des premiers qui aient ete bases sur une organisation politique non lignagere, ce royaume allait atteindre une extension conside able. A son apogee, au cours du 19e siecle, il exergait sa domination sur pas moins de 300.000 km2. Son influence fut enorme et se fit sentir l…
New Survey of Archaeological Research and Dates for West-Central and North-Central Africa
Le présent article fait la synthèse pour l'Afrique centrale des recherches archéo-logiques, et plus particulièrement des datations absolues, effectuées ces quatre dernières années. Comme les autres articles de cette série, seuls sont pris en considération les travaux se rapportant à la fin de l'âge de la pierre et à l'âge du fer. Eu égard à l'immensité de l'aire envisagée, l'archéologie apparaît, en dehors de quelques zones limitées, comme encore…
Research Notes and Application Reports Histogram Evaluation of 14 C Dates Applied to the First Complete Iron Age Sequence From West Central Africa
A Kikuyu—Ingombe Ilede connection
Dr Pierre de Maret, of the Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale at Tervuren, who is well known for his archaeological work in west-central Africa, offers us these interesting observations. We would welcome further informed comment, especially on whether the distinctive hafted hammers referred to here—and indeed the wire-drawing techniques and equipment employed both in the Zambezi region and in the Kenya highlands—should be regarded as 'indigenous' …
Recent Archaeological Research and Dates from Central Africa
Depuis la synthèse précédente, les recherches archéologiques se sont développées et diversifiées en Afrique Centrale. Pour la préhistoire, des recherches prometteuses sont effectuées sur les processus géomorphoiogiques au Congo, ce qui permettra de mieux comprendre les problèmes posés par l'interpretation des vestiges découverts dans les formations sableuses. Du Gabon à l'Angola, on assiste à un intérêt croissant pour les vestiges des populations…
The Ngovo Group: An industry with polished stone tools and pottery in Lower Zaïre
Red Gold of Africa. Copper in Precolonial History and Culture
Tippo Tip à Mulongo. Nouvelles données sur le début de la pénétration arabo-swahili au Sahara
The tribal lands of the Luba of Mulongo, situated at the extreme north of the Upemba depression are not only an almost obligatory point of passage for those coming from the east en route to the heart of the Luba but are also an important market. It is therefore a very useful place to study the Arab-Swahili penetration in the kingdom of Luba in the nineteenth century, especially as one of the first merchants to reach this chefferie was none other …
An Interview With Luc de Heusch
info:eu-repo/semantics/published
Pits, Pots and the Far-West Streams
L'auteur fait le point sur les problemes et les difficultes de l'etude des origines et du developpment d'une economie de fermage et de l'expansion des populations bantoues en Afrique centrale sub-equatoriale, en particulier dans la region de la foret tropicale
Elements for an Anthropology of Technology
First archaeological evidence of banana cultivation in central Africa during the third millennium before present
Africa: Tools and implements
The Prehistory of Food
SCOPUS: ch.b
The initial history of bananas in Africa. A reply to Jan Vansina, Azania , 2003
Why Bananas Matter: An introduction to the history of banana domestication
The multi-disciplinary contributions to this volume are all dedicated to the history of banana (Musa spp.) domestication and its significance. Wild bananas of the genus Musa have undergone a complex domestication history that has only been partially unravelled and remains to be fully elucidated. This volume is the first attempt to synthesise the latest 'state of the art' research across a range of disciplines (either in combination or separately)…
From kinship to kingship: An African journey into complexity
In Africa, where kinship provided the underlying structure of society, social networks and ritual power appear to be at the core of the notion of power and the emergence of political complexity. In studying those developments, and how African political systems challenged simplistic neo-evolutionary models as they kept moving back and forth from lineage to kingdom, it may be useful to focus first on understanding how egalitarian societies became c…
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