Tissalaten

Tissalaten
Tissalaten

Location in Mali

Coordinates: 15°54′0″N 4°21′30″W / 15.90000°N 4.35833°W / 15.90000; -4.35833Coordinates: 15°54′0″N 4°21′30″W / 15.90000°N 4.35833°W / 15.90000; -4.35833
Country  Mali
Region Tombouctou Region
Cercle Niafunké Cercle
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Tissalaten is an archaeological site in the Niafunké Cercle, Timbuktu Region, Mali, not far from Lake Soumpi.[1] It was excavated extensively in the 1980s by Téréba Togola, Michael Rainbault and Roderick and Susan McIntosh.[2] They discovered tumuli here in 1986. dated to 1030 - 1220 AD.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Raimbault, Michel; Sanogo, Kléna (1991). Recherches archéologiques au Mali: prospections et inventaire, fouilles et études analytiques en Zone lacustre. KARTHALA Editions. p. 267. ISBN 978-2-86537-285-0. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  2. ↑ Association pour l'étude des sciences humaines en Afrique du Nord et au Proche-Orient (1992). Revue du monde musulman et de la Méditerranée. Edisud. p. 274. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  3. ↑ Connah, Graham (29 March 2001). African Civilizations: An Archaeological Perspective. Cambridge University Press. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-521-59690-9. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  4. ↑ McIntosh, Susan Keech (10 February 1995). Excavations at Jenné-Jeno, Hambarketolo, and Kaniana (Inland Niger Delta, Mali), the 1981 Season. University of California Press. p. 377. ISBN 978-0-520-09785-8. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  5. ↑ Bazzana, Andrés; développement, France. Direction générale de la coopération internationale et du (2004). Du Nord au Sud du Sahara: cinquante ans d'archéologie française en Afrique de l'Ouest et au Maghreb. Sépia. ISBN 978-2-84280-078-9. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
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