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Ivory in West Africa, c. 100 to 1900 CE: archaeological evidence and future research priorities

Abstract:: This paper reviews the evidence for the production and exchange of ivory objects from archaeological sites across West Africa, as well as evidence of African ivory from other contexts such as shipwrecks. We discuss the potential of using analytical techniques to reveal the geographical origin of these ivories, which can extend our understanding of human-ivory relationships in West Africa and the wider Atlantic world from the late medieval period onwards.

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Coutu, A., & Lane, P. (2021). Ivory in West Africa, c. 100 to 1900 CE: archaeological evidence and future research priorities. In J. da Silva Horta, C. Almeida, & P. Mark (Eds.), African Ivories in the Atlantic World, 1400-1900 (pp. 341–376). Centro de História da Universidade de Lisboa.

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Coutu, A., and P. Lane. “Ivory in West Africa, c. 100 to 1900 CE: Archaeological Evidence and Future Research Priorities.” African Ivories in the Atlantic World, 1400-1900, edited by J da Silva Horta et al., Centro de História da Universidade de Lisboa, 2021, pp. 341–76.

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Coutu, A, and P Lane. 2021. “Ivory in West Africa, c. 100 to 1900 CE: Archaeological Evidence and Future Research Priorities.” In African Ivories in the Atlantic World, 1400-1900, edited by J da Silva Horta, C Almeida, and P Mark, 341–76. Centro de História da Universidade de Lisboa.
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Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: GLAM
Department:: Pitt Rivers Museum
Role:: Author
ORCID:: 0000-0002-5007-6914

+ Lane, P More by this author

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+ da Silva Horta, J

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Role:: Editor

Role:: Editor

Publisher:: Centro de História da Universidade de Lisboa
Host title:: African Ivories in the Atlantic World, 1400-1900
Pages:: 341-376
Place of publication:: Lisbon
Publication date:: 2021-12-31
ISBN:: 9789898068361

Language:: English
Keywords:: ivory

archaeology

analytical techniques

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West Africa
Subtype:: Chapter
Pubs id:: 1246696
Local pid:: pubs:1246696
Deposit date:: 2022-03-21

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Copyright date:: 2021
Rights statement:: This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International License.

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