عنوان

Histoire du décor à la roulette en Afrique subsaharienne

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LA113681

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Histoire du décor à la roulette en Afrique subsaharienne

General Material Designation

[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Alexandre Livingstone Smith

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

Used both now and in the past over a large part of the African continent, roulette decoration has often been used by archaeologists as a social or chronological marker. Despite being so widespread, this type of pottery decoration has remained problematic both in terms of the identification of its many forms and of their histories. In this paper, I intend to survey the historical and spatial distribution of this technique at a continental scale. According to the available data, roulette decoration was apparently invented in West Africa around 4000 bp and spread as far as Senegal in the west and to the Great Lakes Region in the east. Its propagation in the central African rain forest is marginal. A series of frontier effects are highlighted and the influence of factors, such as ethnolinguistic affiliation and social subgrouping, that influence spatial and temporal distribution are considered. The relationship between the distribution of roulette decoration and the potters / blacksmiths caste is considered. Used both now and in the past over a large part of the African continent, roulette decoration has often been used by archaeologists as a social or chronological marker. Despite being so widespread, this type of pottery decoration has remained problematic both in terms of the identification of its many forms and of their histories. In this paper, I intend to survey the historical and spatial distribution of this technique at a continental scale. According to the available data, roulette decoration was apparently invented in West Africa around 4000 bp and spread as far as Senegal in the west and to the Great Lakes Region in the east. Its propagation in the central African rain forest is marginal. A series of frontier effects are highlighted and the influence of factors, such as ethnolinguistic affiliation and social subgrouping, that influence spatial and temporal distribution are considered. The relationship between the distribution of roulette decoration and the potters / blacksmiths caste is considered.

Date of Publication

2007

Physical description

189-216

Title

Journal of African Archaeology

Volume Number

5/2

International Standard Serial Number

2191-5784

Subject Term

archéologie africaine

Subject Term

décors

Subject Term

identité sociale

Subject Term

poterie africaine

Subject Term

Roulette

Alexandre Livingstone Smith

Call Number

10.3213/1612-1651-10092

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[Article]

275578

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