Tracking Humans in Pre-colonial West Africa : a bio-archaeological study in the Dogon Country (Mali)

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Title		Tracking Humans in Pre-colonial West Africa : a bio-archaeological study in the Dogon Country (Mali)
Authors		Mayor, Anne Dlamini-Stoll, Nonhlanhla Hajdas, Irka
Published in		Société suisse d'études africaines : Newsletter. 2016, vol. 2016, no. 2, p. 30-32
Abstract		This research, funded by the Swiss National Foundation, aims to investigate the dynamic of what life was during pre-colonial times for pre-ldogon and early dogon people from the Bandiagara Escarpment in the Republic of Mali. The work forma part of a large body of research led by the Laboratory "Archaeology and Population in Africa" (APA) at the University of Geneva, concerned with the reconstruction of settlement history and the emergence of social complexity during the last two millenia.
Keywords		Bio-Archaeology — Bio-chemistry — Chronology — Dietary — Anthropology
Full text		Article (Published version) (576 Kb) - Free access
Structures		Faculté des sciences / Section de biologie / Département de génétique et évolution
Research groups		Unité d'anthropologie Laboratoire d'archéologie et peuplement de l'Afrique (APA)
Project		FNS: 100011_169403
Citation (ISO format)		MAYOR, Anne, DLAMINI-STOLL, Nonhlanhla, HAJDAS, Irka. Tracking Humans in Pre-colonial West Africa : a bio-archaeological study in the Dogon Country (Mali). In: Société suisse d'études africaines : Newsletter, 2016, vol. 2016, n° 2, p. 30-32. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:104604