%0 Book %T Search for Takrur: Archaeological Excavations and Reconnaissance along the Middle Senegal Valley %E McIntosh, Roderick J. %E McIntosh, Susan Keech %E Bocoum, Hamady %S Yale University publications in anthropology %D 2016 %C New Haven, Connecticut %@ 9780913516294 %G English %F 866634819 %O Edited by Roderick J. McIntosh, Susan Keech McIntosh, and Hamady Bocoum %O Includes bibliographical references (pages 539-559) and index %O In English with portions in French %X "This heavily illustrated archaeological research report documents the development of the West African trading center of Takrur. Chapters on iron production, ceramics, plant and animal use, and settlement patterns accompany field data, and historical and ethnohistorical evidence on Middle Senegal River Valley societies from around 800 BC through AD 1000"--Provided by publisher %L 966.3 %K Antiquities, Prehistoric %K Senegal River Valley %K Takrur Empire %K Excavations (Archaeology) %K Antiquities %9 Text