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The Journal of African
Archaeology Monograph Series is a supplement to the Journal of African
Archaeology. It offers a platform for more extensive contributions such
as research monographs, refereed conference proceedings and other
collections that do not fit the Journal’s scope.
Forgerons et sidérurgie en pays dogon. Vers une histoire de la production du fer sur le plateau de Bandiagara (Mali) durant les empires précoloniaux - Monograph Series Volume 3 |
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by Caroline Robion-Brunner. Africa Magna Verlag, Frankfurt a.M., 189 pp., 72 figures, 28 tables, 14 colour plates, 11 annexes, English chapter abstracts. Jan 2010. ISBN: 978-3-937248-19-6. EUR 19.8 (hardcover), incl. tax
Si les Dogon ont fait l'objet d'études bien documentées et publiées, les forgerons associés aux Dogon n'avaient fait jusqu'à ce jour l'objet d'aucune étude spécifique. Cet ouvrage concerne la production traditionnelle du fer en pays dogon durant la période comprise entre les derniers grands empires précoloniaux, au milieu du deuxième millénaire de notre ère, et l'installation de la colonie française, au tournant des 19e et 20e siècles. Il vise à préciser l'identité des forgerons attachés aux Dogon et leur rôle, tant social que technique, de définir des traditions sidérurgiques et de cerner l'évolution de la production du fer dans la région. Grâce à une recherche tant actualiste que diachronique, et à la fois locale et extensive, qui associe diverses approches complémentaires telles que les analyses des sources écrites, les enquêtes de tradition orale, les prospections et fouilles archéologiques ou les observations paléométallurgiques, Caroline Robion-Brunner a élaboré un scénario global de l'histoire du peuplement des forgerons du pays dogon et de leur production, qu'elle replace dans la dynamique du plateau central nigérien.
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Crossroads / Carrefour Sahel. Cultural and technological developments in first millennium BC / AD West Africa - Monograph Series Volume 2 |
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by S. Magnavita, L. Koté, P. Breunig & O.A. Idé (eds.). Africa Magna Verlag, Frankfurt a.M., 274 pp., 150 figures (32 in color), 17 tables. Dec 2009. ISBN: 978-3-937248-17-2. EUR 29.8 (hardcover), incl. tax
This volume contains the proceedings of the international conference "Cultural developments and technological innovations in first millennium BC/AD West Africa" held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, in March 2008, with participants from eleven countries and three continents. The rationale behind the meeting was the conviction that the first millennium before and after the beginning of the Common Era, like no other period before, encompasses the origins of developments that are directly related to the modern world - particularly in Africa. Current archaeological research in West Africa has been providing an increasing amount of relevant evidence on this period, including a series of significant developments that had critical impacts on human ways of life in subsequent times. The papers of the present volume deal with different aspects of these developments and contribute towards the understanding of the unique cultural diversity of this part of the African continent.
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Gajiganna – Analysis of Stratigraphies and Pottery of a Final Stone Age Culture of Northeast Nigeria - Monograph Series Volume 1 |
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by Karl Peter Wendt. Africa Magna Verlag, Frankfurt a.M., 200 pp., 76 figures, 13 tables, 85 plates. Nov 2007. ISBN: 978-3-937248-10-3. EUR 29.8 (hardcover), incl. tax
In this volume, Karl Peter Wendt presents the first comprehensive results of a series of archaeological excavations carried out at sites of the earliest food-producing communities known in the Chad Basin of Northeast Nigeria: the so-called Gajiganna Culture. He describes the background of research, sheds light on the information contained in the stratigraphies of the sites examined, and offers exhaustive and advanced statistical analysis on technological, temporal, typological and ornamental aspects of the pottery recovered in course of research. After considering the ceramic sequence in its absolute chronological framework, the author makes an attempt to detect possible cultural relations between the Gajiganna sites and other archaeological locations both within and outside the Chad Basin. The volume is complemented by a photographic documentation of the Gajiganna pottery assemblages.
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Other planned volumes:
Komé - Kribi. Rescue Archaeology along the Chad-Cameroon Oil Pipeline, 1999-2004
by Phillipe Lavachery, Scott MacEachern, Tchago Bouimon & Christophe Mbida Mindzie
**Release date: 2010**
De Komé à Kribi. Archéologie préventive le long de l'oléoduc Tchad-Cameroun, 1999-2004
by Phillipe Lavachery, Scott MacEachern, Tchago Bouimon & Christophe Mbida Mindzie
**Release date: 2010**
Traditions céramiques et histoire du peuplement dans la boucle du Niger (Mali) au temps des empires précoloniaux
by Anne Mayor-Huysecom
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