Contents
List of figures, v
List of tables, v
Acknowledgments, vi
Introduction, vi
Chapter 1.	The Archaeology of Early West African Towns, 1
Chapter 2. 	The Archaeology of Households, 000 
Chapter 3. 	The Awdaghost Excavations Program, 000 
Chapter 4. 	The Pioneer Era (AD 600¿900), 000 
Building Sequence 1, 000 
Building Sequence 2, 000 
Building Sequence 3, 000 
Building Sequence 4, 000 
Chapter 5. 	 The Accelerated Growth (AD 900¿1000), 000 
Building Sequence 5, 000 
Building Sequence 6, 000 
Chapter 6.	The Unsteady Post-Climax (AD 1000¿1200), 000 
Building Sequence 7, 000 
Building Sequence 8, 000 
Building Sequence 9, 000 
Chapter 7.	The Decline and Demise (AD 1200¿1500), 000 
Building Sequence 10, 000 
Building Sequence 11, 000 
Building Sequences 12¿15, 000 
Chapter 8.	Awdaghost in the Historical Record, 000 
Chapter 9.	Patterns of Space Allocation, 000 
References Cited, 000
Figures
1.	Medieval towns from West Africa mentioned in the text, 000
2.	Trans-Saharan trade routes in the eighth through tenth century, 000
3.	Trans-Saharan trade routes in the eleventh through thirteenth century, 000
4.	Trans-Saharan trade routes in the fifteenth through early sixteenth century, 000
5.	Awdaghost on the front page of the weekly Afrique Nouvelle, March 29, 1961, 000
6.	Location of Awdaghost in the Hodh, south-central Mauritania, 000
7.	Aerial view of Awdaghost ruins with the Acropolis in the northeast, 000
8.	Building Sequence 1 constructions, 000
9.	Building Sequence 2 constructions, 000
10.	Building Sequence 3 constructions, 000
11.	Building Sequence 4 constructions, 000
12.	Building Sequence 5 constructions, 000
13.	Building Sequence 6 constructions, 000
14.	Building Sequence 7 constructions, 000
15.	Building Sequence 8 constructions, 000
16.	Building Sequence 9 constructions, 000
17.	Building Sequence 10 constructions, 000
18.	Building Sequence 11 constructions, 000
19.	Building Sequence 12 constructions, 000
20.	Building Sequence 13 constructions, 000
21.	Building Sequence 14 constructions, 000
22.	Building Sequence 15 constructions, 000
Tables
1.	The new chronology of the Awdaghost Acropolis, 000
2.	Building Sequence 2 constructions, 000
3.	Variations in BS-2 room size, 000
4.	Building Sequence 3 constructions, 000
5.	Variations in BS-3 room size, 000
6.	Building Sequence 4 constructions, 000
7.	Variations in BS-4 room size, 000
8.	Building Sequence 5 constructions, 000
9.	Variations in BS-5 room size, 000
10.	Building Sequence 6 constructions, 000
11.	Variations in BS-6 room size, 000
12.	Building Sequence 7 constructions, 000
13.	Variations in BS-7 room size, 000
14.	Building Sequence 8 constructions, 000
15.	Variations in BS-8 room size, 000
16.	Building Sequence 9 constructions, 000
17.	Variations in BS-9 room size, 000
18.	Building Sequence 10 constructions, 000
19.	Variations in BS-10 room size, 000
20.	Building Sequence 11 constructions, 000
21.	The main parameters of the built space, 000
22.	Structures of the built space, 000
23.	Variation in household unit size, 000
24.	Variation in courtyard size, 000
25. Patterns of room distribution, 000