For interest, a fascinating+important article by Andrew Wilson on Saharan & trans-Saharan trade in the Roman period: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0067270X.2012.727614 …
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> onwards & that the trans-Saharan element may have rivalled that in the medieval period.
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For more on the Garamantian kingdom in the Central Sahara during the Roman period, see https://www.world-archaeology.com/features/garamantes-libya.htm … & http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/11/111111-sahara-libya-lost-civilization-science-satellites/ …pic.twitter.com/sNOC0LtPkI
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For some Late Antique finds from the Garamantian kingdom and Sub-Saharan Africa (Burkina Faso+Mali), see here:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/844281770241675265 …
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L5th–6thC rims possibly imitative of N.African Roman/Byzantine amphorae, found Tongo Maaré Diabal, Mali, W. Africa: http://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/Money_Trade_and_Trade_Routes_online.pdf …pic.twitter.com/NHSsLZESrw
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Items from c.3rd–7thC Kissi, Burkina Faso, sub-Saharan W. Africa, made w/ metal prob imported from Roman Carthage: https://www.academia.edu/3596759/Contacts_Between_West_Africa_and_Roman_North_Africa_Archaeometallurgical_Results_from_Kissi_Northeastern_Burkina_Faso …pic.twitter.com/YLsUinQcCi
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A selection of beads from Kissi, Burkina Faso—some from Roman/Byz Near East+Egypt, others prob from Sasanian Empire: https://www.academia.edu/10180972/Sahelian_crossroads_Some_aspects_on_the_Iron_Age_sites_of_Kissi_Burkina_Faso …pic.twitter.com/A1Y3OnoMCV
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What an amazing diversity of places of origin
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Absolutely! And yet, fascinatingly, they found there way to a 3rd–7thC burial ground in Sub-Saharan West Africa! :)
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I don't have Bovill handy, but IIRC he talked about this.
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The Garamantes well-known textually, but recent work reveals an impressive amount of archaeological data to back up+ extend this :)
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