Potter communities and technological tradition in the Lower Tilemsi Valley, Mali

Bibliographic Data

ID6041782
AuthorsKatie Manning (0000-0002-8512-156X, Institute of Archaeology, corresponding author), Katie M Manning (a Institute of Archaeology , 31–34 Gordon Square, London, WC1H 0PY)
Year2011
Volume46
Issue1
Pages70-87
Publication date2011-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAzania Archaeological Research in Africa (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0067-270X • E-ISSN: 1945-5534
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0067270x.2011.553479
OpenAlexW2007263089
LanguageEN
Citations received17
References cited22

The Tilemsi Valley has long been heralded as a focal region in the development of West African cultural complexity. The Lower Tilemsi Valley Project began in 2005, with the aim of clarifying the archaeological significance of this region and refining its chronology. This paper examines the pottery from these excavations, advocating an integrative approach to analysis in which pottery production is located within an historical and socio-economic context. It does not present a reified ‘type’ of Lower Tilemsi pottery, but instead describes a regional-scale technological tradition, whilst focusing on the local scale of adaptive change and technical innovation

Archaeology · Cartography · Chronology · Context (archaeology) · Excavation · Geography · Pottery · Scale (ratio) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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