Keyword: Senegal

Mégalithes et Tumulus

ed. Luc Laporte et al.

Examining four funerary monuments in Senegal dating from the 10th to 13th centuries CE, this volume explores megalithic circles, stone tumuli and monumental earthen structures, revealing new insights into mortuary practices, architectural traditions and social change in medieval West Africa. READ MORE

Paperback: £48.00

La nécropole aux amants petrifies. Ruines mégalithiques de Wanar (Région de Kaffrine, Sénégal)

ed. Luc Laporte et al.

This collective work reports on the studies and archaeological work carried out at the megalithic ruined necropolis of Wanar, Senegal, between 2008 and 2017 (classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2006). The study is an important milestone in the advancement of our knowledge of protohistoric societies and megalith builders in West Africa. READ MORE

Paperback: £180.00 | Open Access

A Slave Who Would Be King: Oral Tradition and Archaeology of the Recent Past in the Upper Senegal River Basin

Jeffrey H. Altschul et al.

This report makes a significant contribution to the archaeology and ethnography of eastern Senegal. Combining ethnographic and archaeological data yields a picture of a period of intense social change at the end of the 19th c. and extended well into the mid-20th c. READ MORE

Paperback: £60.00 | eBook: £16.00

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