Impressions de vanneries et technique du martelage sur forme concave

Anthropologie et histoire d'une technique dans la boucle du Niger

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6042289
AutoresAnne Mayor (0000-0002-3665-1804, University of Geneva, autor correspondente)
Ano2011
Volume46
Fascículo1
Páginas88-109
Data de publicação2011-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAzania Archaeological Research in Africa (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0067-270X • E-ISSN: 1945-5534
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0067270x.2011.553398
OpenAlexW1970932205
IdiomaFR
Citações recebidas12
Referências citadas13

This article describes the pottery shaping technique of pounding on a concave form on a mat, a technique used in the Sahelian band of West Africa from Sudan to Mali. The impressed decoration generated by this shaping technique is absent at the protohistoric site of Jenné-Jeno in Mali, on the basis of which a reference typology at the West African scale has been constructed; this has led to frequent difficulties in identification. My objective focuses on retracing the development of this technique in the Niger Bend, since it evidences a particular historical dynamic. The social context of the ceramic craft industry in the Niger Bend is first discussed, followed by the aspects associated with the production sequence, the tools used and the traces enabling recognition of this technique. I then describe the current distribution of this technique based on our ethnoarchaeological data, and its distribution in the past based on archaeological discoveries, principally in the light of new data for the Dogon Country acquired in the context of the project ‘Human population and paleoenvironment in West Africa’. The synthesis sketches a scenario for the history of this technique over the last two millennia, and discusses the influence of local political formations and their consequences for population migration

Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology) · Craft · Ethnoarchaeology · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Humanities · Population · Pottery · Prehistory · Sociology · African Studies and Ethnography · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Cultural Identity and Heritage · Demography · History