The Tumuli Zone of Central West Senegal: Geophysical and Archaeological Investigations into a Buried Cultural Landscape

塞内加尔中西部图穆利地区：对埋藏文化景观的地球物理和考古调查

• 批准号: 394519756
• 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: 2018
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2017-12-31 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/394519756?language=en
• 关键词: Tumuli; Zone; Central; West; Senegal

Thousands of burial mounds are known throughout Senegal, but the highest density occurs in the central West of the country. Remarkably, apart from the presence of the prominent monuments, other traces of the human occupation of that region remain archaeologically elusive. Standard reconnaissance surveys conducted within the past 40 years were only able to record the archaeological "emptiness" near the mounds, and at best a few "off-site" artefact scatters. Contrary to the former, the results of a preceding DFG-funded project directed by the applicant have demonstrated that settlement remains from various pre- and protohistorical periods can be relatively easily located, if suitable methodology is employed. In the scope of a landscape-based archaeological project that will combine state-of-the-art technologies and conventional methodologies, the applicant expects to make two major contributions to African archaeology. On the local and regional level, the project shall provide a first insight into the long-term development of the archaeological landscapes into which the mortuary structures were embedded. On a continental scale, the project shall set a benchmark by demonstrating exemplarily how large-scale surveys employing modern technologies can be useful for exploring and better understanding discrete African archaeological cultural landscapes.

塞内加尔各地都有成千上万的埋葬土墩，但最高密度发生在该国中部。值得注意的是，除了著名纪念碑的存在之外，该地区人类占领的其他痕迹在考古学上仍然难以捉摸。在过去40年中进行的标准侦察调查只能记录土墩附近的考古“空虚”，充其量只能记录一些“非现场”伪像散布。与前者相反，如果采用合适的方法论，则申请人指导的先前的DFG资助项目的结果可以相对容易地定位。在将最新技术和传统方法结合起来的基于景观的考古项目的范围内，申请人希望对非洲考古学做出两项重大贡献。在地方和区域一级，该项目应首先了解嵌入了Mortuary结构的考古景观的长期发展。在大陆规模上，该项目应通过证明采用现代技术的大规模调查来探索和更好地理解离散的非洲非洲考古文化景观，从而为基准设定基准。