Ethno-Archaeology in Jenné, Mali: Craft and status among smiths, potters and masons (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781841710433)

This is an ethnoarcaheological study exploring social and economic lives of specialized producers: blacksmiths, potters and masons, working in the Middle Niger area. The area was chosen because archaeological finds evidence some two thousand years of pottery making andiron smelting and forging. The three groups studied showed striking differences between them. The study included interest in persons and systems which resulted in considerations of specialization, and dedicated lineage production in the past, and the possible roles these may have played in Iron Age urbanism.

Author: Adria LaViolette
ISBN-10: 1841710431
ISBN-13: 9781841710433
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2000
Pages: 170
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 11.69h x 8.27w x 0.46d