Personal adornments in West-Central Africa-the case study of a talc bead from the Kongo Kingdom (Mbanza Kongo, Angola)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5255159 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mafalda Costa (0000-0001-8764-2310, University of Évora, corresponding author), Pedro Barrulas (0000-0003-4075-3667, University of Évora), Maria Da Conceição Lopes (0000-0003-4489-8601, University of Coimbra), João Barreira (0000-0001-7428-5078, University of Coimbra), Maria Da Piedade De Jesus, Sónia Da Silva Domingo, Sónia da Silva Domingos, Peter Vandenabeele (0000-0001-5285-9835, Ghent University), José Mirão (0000-0003-0103-3448, University of Évora) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1866-9557 • E-ISSN: 1866-9565 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s12520-023-01723-6 |
| OpenAlex | W4319444879 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 47 |
A mustard-gold-colored talc bead was recovered during the 2014 excavation campaign carried out in Lumbu (Mbanza Kongo, Angola) together with the nineteenth-century glass trade beads imported from Bohemia and Venice. Results from this multi-analytical and minimally invasive study suggest that this bead may have been brought to the kingdom's capital by means of an established intra-kingdom trade network or as an offering intended for the king or a member of the nobility. However, it was undoubtedly manufactured within the Kongo kingdom using talc sources known by the local population. As such, this talc bead constitutes the first evidence of local production of personal adornment objects in the Kongo kingdom and one of the first examples of craft specialization for personal adornment purposes in central and southern Africa since pre-historic times
Adornment · Ancient history · Archaeology · Bead · Craft · Geography · Kingdom · Population · Sociology · Talc · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Demography · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Geology
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |