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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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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Thank you! More archaeological work in the Fazzan & W Africa savanna is key to understanding pre-Islamic trans-Saharan trade.
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Yes, absolutely! Fascinating topic of research :)
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Jenné-jeno in the Middle Niger region is a fascinating & key site for this. One of my favorites to keep tabs on in W. Africa.
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Ah, yes, some very early glass beads from there, if I recall correctly? :)
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