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  3. The Land of Houlouf: Genesis of a Chadic Polity, 1900 B.C.–A.D. 1800

The Land of Houlouf: Genesis of a Chadic Polity, 1900 B.C.–A.D. 1800

Augustin F. C. Holl
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  • Overview

  • Contents

A thorough review of the important archaeological sites on the Chadian Plain, including Houlouf, which the author excavated 1980–1990.
  • Contents
  • List Of Figures
  • List Of Tables
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. Chadian Plain Archaeology: An Outline
    • Introduction
    • Research History
    • Modeling Site Location Strategies
    • The Landscape: Past and Present
    • Holocene Settlement Expansion
      • The Early Holocene Settlement Phase
      • The Late Holocene Settlement Phase
    • Tempo and Modes of Late Stone Age Colonization
    • Learning from Historical Linguistics
    • Concluding Remarks
  • Chapter 2. Social Formations: An Archaeological Perspective
    • Introduction
    • Archaeology and Social Change
    • Within the Black Box
    • West African Social Formations: An Outline
    • World Systems, Center-Periphery and Peer-Polity Interaction: A Case Study
      • Warfare, Migrations and Settlement Relocation
      • Pattern of Exchange, Rank and Hierarchy
    • Archaeological Perspectives
  • Chapter 3. The Research Program
    • Introduction
    • Survey Operations
      • Extensive and Selective Survey
      • Judgmental Survey
      • Intensive Survey
    • The Study Area
    • Excavation Strategies
  • Chapter 4. Excavations at Deguesse, Krenak, And Hamei
    • Excavations at Deguesse
      • Introduction
      • The Stratigraphic Sequence
      • Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence
      • Summary
    • Excavations at Krenak
      • Introduction
      • The Stratigraphic Sequence
      • Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence
      • Summary
    • Excavations at Hamei
      • Introduction
      • The Stratigraphic Sequence
      • Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence
      • Summary
  • Chapter 5. Excavations At Yaere Sites
    • Excavations at Mishiskwa
      • Introduction
      • The Stratigraphic Sequence
      • Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence
      • Summary
    • Excavations at Madaf
      • Introduction
      • The Stratigraphic Sequence
      • Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence
      • Summary
    • Excavations at Amachita
      • Introduction
      • The Stratigraphic Sequence, Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence
      • Summary
    • Excavations at Sororo
      • Introduction
      • The Stratigraphic Sequence, Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence
      • Summary
  • Chapter 6. Excavations At Southeastern Sites
    • Excavations at Ble Mound A
      • Introduction
      • The Stratigraphic Sequence
      • Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence
      • Summary
    • Excavations at Ble Mound B
      • Introduction
      • The Stratigraphic Sequence
      • Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence
      • Summary
    • Excavations at Ble Mound C
      • Introduction
      • The Stratigraphic Sequence
      • Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence
      • Summary
    • Excavations at Ble Mound D
      • Introduction
      • The Stratigraphic Sequence
      • Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence
      • Summary
    • Excavations at Ble Mound E
      • Introduction
      • The Stratigraphic Sequence, Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence
      • Summary
    • Excavations at Krenak-Sao
      • Introduction
      • The Stratigraphic Sequence
      • Occupation Horizons and Archaeological Evidence
      • Summary
  • Chapter 7. Excavations at Houlouf
    • Introduction
    • The Stratigraphic Sequence
    • Occupation Horizon I
    • Occupation Horizon II
    • Occupation Horizon III
    • Occupation Horizon IV
    • Occupation Horizon V
    • Occupation Horizon VI
    • Occupation Horizon VII
    • Occupation Horizon VIII
    • The Palace Complex
    • Surface Material
    • Summary
  • Chapter 8. The Formation Of The Landscape
    • Introduction: Hypotheses
    • Before the Mounds: Ancient Topography of the Study Area
    • Geomorphological Probes
      • Sedimentary Buildup in a Fossil Channel
      • Abani Channel-Krenak-Sao Geomorphological Transect
  • Chapter 9. Genesis Of The Houlouf Chiefdom
    • Introduction
    • A Long Prelude: The Deguesse Phase
    • The Krenak Phase
    • The Mishiskwa Phase
    • The Ble Phase
    • The Houlouf Phase
    • The Houlouf Phase A Cemetery
      • Burial Facilities and the Disposal of the Dead
      • Distribution of Grave Goods
      • Spatial Organization of the Cemetery
      • The Fabric of the Elite
      • Procurement Strategies and Accumulation of Material Capital
      • From Material to Symbolic Capital
      • Cemetery Space, Social Factions and Occupational Hierarchy
      • Spatial Context of the Cemetery
      • Formal Disposal Area and Social Dynamics
    • The Collapse of the Houlouf Chiefdom
    • Surface Material and Archaeological Inference
  • Chapter 10. Contingency,"Events," "Mentalites," Conjonctures And Social Formations
    • Landscape and Regional Settlement Dynamics
    • Mound Formation Processes
    • Subsistence Patterns: Long-Term Perspectives
    • Craft Specialization
      • Ceramic Production
      • Salt Production
      • Fish Processing and Smoking
      • Metal Production
      • Long-Distance Exchange
    • Events, Mentalites, Conjonctures, and Social Formations
      • Events
      • Mentalites
      • Social Formations
  • References
  • Appendix A. Houlouf Pottery Descriptions
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Published: 2002
Publisher: University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
ISBN(s)
  • 978-1-951519-91-9 (ebook)
  • 978-0-915703-52-4 (paper)
Series
  • Memoirs
Subject
  • Archaeology
  • African Studies
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