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Sorotomo: A Forgotten Malian Capital?

Author(s) -

Katherine MacDonald,

Seydou Camara,

S. Canós,

Nikolas Gestrich,

D. Keita

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

archaeology international

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2048-4194

pISSN - 1463-1725

DOI - 10.5334/ai.1315

Subject(s) - empire , excavation , capital (architecture) , politics , power (physics) , capital region , sequence (biology) , capital city , ancient history , geography , history , political science , archaeology , economy , economic geography , law , economics , physics , genetics , quantum mechanics , biology

Sorotomo is one of Mali's largest tell sites and is connected by varied sources to the Empire (AD c.1235–1450). Unlike the majority of urban sites thus far investigated along the Middle Niger, it is associated by oral traditions with political power and military might, rather than with commercial networks. In 2006 and 2009/10 the authors conducted initial excavations at Sorotomo providing a dated occupational sequence and other evidence which have facilitated a fresh consideration of the possible historic role of the site

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