Oursi hu-beero : a medieval house complex in Burkina Faso, West Africa /

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Imprint:	Leiden : [Oxford] : [Sidestone] ; [Oxbow [distributor], ©2011.
Description:	1 online resource (285 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Excavations (Archaeology) -- Burkina Faso -- Oudalan. Archaeology, Medieval -- Burkina Faso -- Oudalan. Dwellings -- Burkina Faso -- Oudalan -- History -- To 1500. Archaeology, Medieval Antiquities. Dwellings. Excavations (Archaeology) Oudalan (Burkina Faso) -- Antiquities. Burkina Faso -- Oudalan. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13539140

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Other authors / contributors:	Petit, Lucas Pieter. Czerniewicz, Maya von. Pelzer, Christoph.
ISBN:	9088901155 9789088901157 1299281931 9781299281936
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	This final report describes the study of an exceptionally well-preserved Iron Age building discovered in northern Burkina Faso, West Africa. The site of Oursi hu-beero, meaning ""the big house of Oursi"" in the locally spoken Songhay language, was excavated in 2000 and 2001 by a scientific team from the universities of Frankfurt am Main and Ouagadougou. It is situated in the middle of a group of settlement mounds, nearby the modern village of Oursi. In the year 2000, deep erosion gullies were threatening the architectural remains on the surface, which were provisionally dated to the 10th centu.
Other form:	Paperback 9789088900679

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