The emergence of pottery in Africa during the tenth millennium cal BC: new evidence from Ounjougou (Mali)
- Huysecom, E. Department of Anthropology and Ecology, University of Geneva, Switzerland
- Rasse, M. Lab. Ledra, CNRS-UMR, University of Rouen, France - lab. AnTET – Arscan UMR, University of Paris-X, France - Lab. AnTET – Arscan, University of Paris-X, Nanterre, France
- Lespez, L. Lab. Geophen-LETG-UMR, University of Caen-Basse Normandie, France
- Neumann, K. Institute of Archaeological Sciences, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
- Fahmy, A. Department of Botany, University of Helwan, Cairo, Egypt
- Ballouche, A. Lab. Environmental Studies on Anthropogenic Systems, University of Angers, France
- Ozainne, S. Department of Anthropology and Ecology, University of Geneva, Switzerland
- Maggetti, Marino Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Tribolo, Ch. CRP2A, UMR 5060, University of Bordeaux, France
- Soriano, S. Lab. AnTET – Arscan, University of Paris-X, Nanterre, France
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2009
Published in:
- Antiquity. - 2009, vol. 83, no. 322, p. 905-917
English
New excavations in ravines at Ounjougou in Mali have brought to light a lithic and ceramic assemblage that dates from before 9400 cal BC. The authors show that this first use of pottery coincides with a warm wet period in the Sahara. As in East Asia, where very early ceramics are also known, the pottery and small bifacial arrowheads were the components of a new subsistence strategy exploiting an ecology associated with abundant wild grasses. In Africa, however, the seeds were probably boiled (then as now) rather than made into bread.
- Faculty
- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
- Department
- Département de Géosciences
- Language
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- English
- Classification
- Archeology
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- RERO DOC 19037
- DOI 10.1017/S0003598X00099245
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/301637
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