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.

最近在塞内加尔中部进行的实地研究表明，与尼日尔西南部类似，在铁器时代和中世纪早期，一些萨赫勒人类群体的有形财富不能仅仅归因于农业盈余。这些调查表明，这两个地区都从遥远的地方进口铜合金，并用它们来显示社会经济地位。与尼日尔弯道形成鲜明对比的是，黄金在塞内加尔同样成为一种明显的地位象征。由于塞内加尔中部没有自己的金矿，因此一定存在与遥远的东南地区的联系。对金和铜文物的考古调查可能会提供有关金属来源的更精确的信息。黄金很可能来自早期阿拉伯跨撒哈拉贸易的重要地区，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。前一个项目延长阶段的目标是完成正在进行的塞内加尔文物的文件和进一步研究，以及修复和保护这些文物。主要目标是详细公布整个项目的结果。

项目成果

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

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