Publikation: LA-ICP-MS analysis of glass beads from Tié (12th-14th centuries), Kanem, Chad: evidence of trans-Sudanic exchanges
Bericht über die chemische Analyse archäologischer Glasfunde aus Tie in der Tschadseeregion.
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Bericht über die chemische Analyse archäologischer Glasfunde aus Tie in der Tschadseeregion.
Detaillierte Analyse von Eisennägeln aus dem Gebiet Kanem im Tschad.
Ein kurzer Beitrag zur frühen Besiedlungsgeschichte im nördlichen Tschad.
Aufsatz über die gesellschaftliche Entwicklung in der Region des Tschadsees in vormoderner Zeit.
One of the most intriguing problems concerning the Kanem-Borno sultanate of the central Sahel between the eighth and nineteenth centuries AD concerns its early intra-African connections. Apart from historically documented linkages with North and parts of West Africa, were there trade and other contacts with eastern regions such as Darfur, the Middle Nile Valley and areas beyond prior to the fifteenth century? […]
Presently, the most conspicuous material vestiges known are the ruins of fired-brick elite locations, some of which are demonstrably associated with the Kanem-Borno Sultanate and dated to the period 11th-14th centuries AD. Amongst those, the place named Tié stands out due to a number of particular attributes. […]
In view of the paucity of research, the Islamic archaeology of the Central Sudan and Sahel remains one of the less well known of the African continent. While this also applies to the material legacy of the past six centuries, it is particularly sites and remains from the early period of Islamic influence in the region that are virtually unexplored. […]
The history of the Lake Chad region is intrinsically linked to the Kanem-Borno Empire (8th-19th century AD), the earliest, longest-lived and most powerful state in the Central Sudan. […]