Settlement and economic history during the Iron Age and Early Medieval times in the West African Sahel

西非萨赫勒地区铁器时代和中世纪早期的定居和经济历史

• 批准号: 159173365
• 负责人: Professorin Dr. Sonja Magnavita Santos
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Abteilung III: Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2009-12-31 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/159173365?language=en
• 关键词: Settlement; economic; history; during; Iron

Recent field research in Central Senegal shows that, analogue to SW Niger, the visible wealth of some Sahelian human groups during the Iron Age and early Middle Ages cannot be solely attributed to agricultural surpluses. Those investigations show that both regions imported copper alloys from far away and used them for demonstrating socio-economic status. In contrast to the Niger bend, gold likewise rose to a visible status symbol in Senegal. Since the Central Senegal has no own gold deposits, a connection to distant southeast regions must have existed. An archaeometric investigation of the gold and copper artefacts may give more precise information about where the metals came from. It is likely that the gold originates from areas that were important for the early Arab trans-Saharan trade, presumably somewhere in the upper reaches of the Niger River, while the copper alloys were probably imported from northern Africa. Objectives of the prolongation phase of the previous project are the completion of ongoing documentation and further studies of the Senegalese artifacts, as well as their restoration and conservation. The main objective is the detailed publication of the overall project results.

塞内加尔中部的最新现场研究表明，与SW尼日尔的类似物，铁器时代和中世纪早期的一些萨赫勒人类群体的可见财富不能完全归因于农业过剩。这些调查表明，两个地区都从遥远的地方进口了铜合金，并将其用于证明社会经济地位。与尼日尔弯曲相反，黄金同样上升到塞内加尔的可见状态符号。由于塞内加尔中部没有自己的黄金沉积物，因此必须存在与遥远的东南地区的联系。对黄金和铜伪像的考古调查可能会提供有关金属来自何处的更精确的信息。黄金可能起源于对阿拉伯跨撒哈拉族早期贸易很重要的地区，大概是尼日尔河上游的某个地方，而铜合金可能是从北非进口的。上一个项目的延长阶段的目标是完成正在进行的文档和塞内加尔文物的进一步研究及其恢复和保护。主要目标是整体项目结果的详细出版物。

项目成果

First geophysical exploration in the tumuli zone of central Senegal: a multidimensional approach

塞内加尔中部图穆利地区的首次地球物理勘探：多维方法

• DOI: 10.1080/0067270x.2017.1290200
• 发表时间: 2017
• 期刊: Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa
• 作者: Magnavita

Initial Encounters: Seeking traces of ancient trade connections between West Africa and the wider world

初次邂逅：寻找西非与更广阔世界之间古代贸易联系的痕迹

• DOI: 10.4000/afriques.1145
• 发表时间: 2013
• 作者: Magnavita