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

Published inSociété suisse d'études africaines : Newsletter, vol. 2016, no. 2, p. 30-32
Publication date2016
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
Funding
  • Swiss National Science Foundation - 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.
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ISSN of the journal1019-9276
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