Tadmekka. Archéologie d’une ville caravanière des premiers temps du commerce transsaharien

This paper reports the first systematic excavations of Tadmekka, one of the major West African trading towns that enabled the huge growth of cross-Saharan trade during the early Islamic era (c. AD 650-1500). In 2005 excavations at Tadmekka’s contemporary site (‘Essouk’ in northern Mali) yielded a 6....

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Main Author: Sam Nixon
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Institut des Mondes Africains
Series:Afriques
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/afriques/1237