Man's role in the changing habitat of Mema during the old Kingdom of Ghana
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 6094530 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Randi Håland (University of Bergen, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 1980 |
| Volumen | 13 |
| Número | 1 |
| Páginas | 31-46 |
| Fecha de publicación | 1980-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Norwegian Archaeological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0029-3652 • E-ISSN: 1502-7678 |
| Editorial | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00293652.1980.9965328 |
| OpenAlex | W2145887967 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 31 |
| Referencias citadas | 1 |
The Mema area, Mali, situated climatologically within the Sahel zone, carries extensive traces of ancient settlements. Material from the author's 1978 excavation indicates environmental conditions similar to the present day inland Niger delta during the old Kingdom of Ghana (A.D. 800–1150). This centralized political power controlled gold trade from the south and salt from the north. The iron smelting in Mema was too extensive to be explained as local supply alone. It probably constituted an important basis for political centralization. The iron production seems to have caused deforestation, and the Kingdom may therefor have been weakened by ecological detonation connected with iron production
Archaeology · Deforestation (computer science) · Environmental protection · Excavation · Geography · Human settlement · Kingdom · Political science · Politics · Situated · Smelting · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Geology · Law
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Domesticating Nature
Regards scientifiques sur l'Afrique depuis les Indépendances
Background to the Ghana empire
Floodplain Geomorphology and Human Occupation of the Upper Inland Delta of the Niger
Contribution des données paléométallurgiques à l’histoire des sociétés ouest-africaines durant les royaumes de Ghâna, Mâli, Gao et Mossi
Expansions and Contractions
The Role of Metallurgy in Transforming Global Forests
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From stone to metal
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Technology, transformation and symbolism
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| Obras citantes distintas | 31 |
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| Citas por año | 0,7 |
| Intervalo de citas | 1982 - 2025 (44) |
| Velocidad de citación | recent |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 31 |