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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Wilson argues—on basis of recent fieldwork in the Libyan Sahara—that there was a significant degree of trading taking place from 1stC AD >
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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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Thank you! More archaeological work in the Fazzan & W Africa savanna is key to understanding pre-Islamic trans-Saharan trade.
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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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