عنوان

PITS, GRAVES AND GRAINS:

شماره

LA113665

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

PITS, GRAVES AND GRAINS:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ARCHAEOBOTANICAL RESEARCH IN SOUTHERN CAMEROUN

نام نخستين پديدآور

Manfred K.H. Eggert, Alexa Höhn, Stefanie Kahlheber, et al.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

Since 2003, a joint research project of the universities of Frankfurt and Tübingen (Germany) has explored the changing interrelationship of environment and culture in the forest-savanna regions of West and Central Africa. This paper provides the first archaeological and archaeobotanical results of three field seasons in the rainforest of southern Cameroun. Excavations were carried out at Bwambé Hill in the vicinity of Kribi at the Atlantic coast as well as at Akonétye, Minyin and Abang Minko'o, all located in the hinterland near Ambam. At all sites a number of pit structures, which contained mostly ceramics, were excavated. In addition, at Akonétye two graves with rich ceramic and iron offerings were unearthed. They seem to be the oldest graves with iron objects yet known in Central Africa. A large body of archaeobotanical material was retrieved from the structures excavated (charcoal fragments, charred fruits and seeds, phytolith and starch samples). Of high importance is the presence of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) at Bwambé Hill and Abang Minko'o in archaeological contexts dated to about 2200 bp. Charcoal and pollen data indicate that the ancient settlements were situated in a closed rainforest which was, however, massively disturbed and partly substituted by pioneer plant formations. Since 2003, a joint research project of the universities of Frankfurt and Tübingen (Germany) has explored the changing interrelationship of environment and culture in the forest-savanna regions of West and Central Africa. This paper provides the first archaeological and archaeobotanical results of three field seasons in the rainforest of southern Cameroun. Excavations were carried out at Bwambé Hill in the vicinity of Kribi at the Atlantic coast as well as at Akonétye, Minyin and Abang Minko'o, all located in the hinterland near Ambam. At all sites a number of pit structures, which contained mostly ceramics, were excavated. In addition, at Akonétye two graves with rich ceramic and iron offerings were unearthed. They seem to be the oldest graves with iron objects yet known in Central Africa. A large body of archaeobotanical material was retrieved from the structures excavated (charcoal fragments, charred fruits and seeds, phytolith and starch samples). Of high importance is the presence of pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) at Bwambé Hill and Abang Minko'o in archaeological contexts dated to about 2200 bp. Charcoal and pollen data indicate that the ancient settlements were situated in a closed rainforest which was, however, massively disturbed and partly substituted by pioneer plant formations.

تاريخ نشر

2006

توصيف ظاهري

273-298

عنوان

Journal of African Archaeology

شماره جلد

4/2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

2191-5784

اصطلاح موضوعی

burials

اصطلاح موضوعی

Central Africa

اصطلاح موضوعی

food production

اصطلاح موضوعی

iron objects

اصطلاح موضوعی

pearl millet

اصطلاح موضوعی

rain forest

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Alexa Höhn

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Astrid Schweizer

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Conny Meister

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Katharina Neumann

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Manfred K.H. Eggert

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Stefanie Kahlheber

شماره بازیابی

10.3213/1612-1651-10076

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y