Contents
List Of Figures
List Of Tables
Preface
Research History
Modeling Site Location Strategies
The Landscape: Past and Present
The Early Holocene Settlement Phase
The Late Holocene Settlement Phase
Tempo and Modes of Late Stone Age Colonization
Learning from Historical Linguistics
Concluding Remarks
Archaeology and Social Change
Within the Black Box
West African Social Formations: An Outline
Warfare, Migrations and Settlement Relocation
Pattern of Exchange, Rank and Hierarchy
Archaeological Perspectives
Introduction
Survey Operations
Extensive and Selective Survey
Intensive Survey
The Study Area
Excavation Strategies
The Stratigraphic Sequence
Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence
Summary
The Stratigraphic Sequence
Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence
Introduction
The Stratigraphic Sequence
Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence
Summary
Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence
The Stratigraphic Sequence
Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence
Summary
The Stratigraphic Sequence, Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence
Summary
The Stratigraphic Sequence, Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence
Summary
Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence
Summary
The Stratigraphic Sequence
Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence
The Stratigraphic Sequence
Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence
Introduction
The Stratigraphic Sequence
Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence
The Stratigraphic Sequence, Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence
Introduction
The Stratigraphic Sequence
Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence
Summary
Introduction
The Stratigraphic Sequence
Occupation Horizon I
Occupation Horizon II
Occupation Horizon III
Occupation Horizon IV
Occupation Horizon V
Occupation Horizon VI
Occupation Horizon VII
The Palace Complex
Summary
Before the Mounds: Ancient Topography of the Study Area
Geomorphological Probes
Sedimentary Buildup in a Fossil Channel
Abani Channel-Krenak-Sao Geomorphological Transect
A Long Prelude: The Deguesse Phase
The Krenak Phase
The Mishiskwa Phase
The Ble Phase
The Houlouf Phase
Burial Facilities and the Disposal of the Dead
Distribution of Grave Goods
Spatial Organization of the Cemetery
Procurement Strategies and Accumulation of Material Capital
From Material to Symbolic Capital
Cemetery Space, Social Factions and Occupational Hierarchy
Spatial Context of the Cemetery
Formal Disposal Area and Social Dynamics
The Collapse of the Houlouf Chiefdom
Surface Material and Archaeological Inference
Landscape and Regional Settlement Dynamics
Mound Formation Processes
Subsistence Patterns: Long-Term Perspectives
Ceramic Production
Salt Production
Fish Processing and Smoking
Metal Production
Long-Distance Exchange
Mentalites
Social Formations
References
Appendix A. Houlouf Pottery Descriptions
