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Susan Keech McIntosh

PUBLICATIONS

Books/Monographs:

2002 Fouilles à Sincu Bara, un site de l’Age de Fer dans la Moyenne Vallée du Sénégal (with H. Bocoum) Dakar: IFAN/Ch. A. Diop/ Nouakchott: CRIAA.

2000 The Way the Wind Blows: Climate, History and Human Action (Edited with J. Tainter and R.J. McIntosh). New York: Columbia University Press

1999 Beyond Chiefdoms: Pathways to Complexity in Africa (edited volume).
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

1995 Excavations at Jenne-jeno, Hambarketolo and Kaniana (Inland Niger Delta, Mali): the 1981 Season. University of California Monographs in
Anthropology. Berkeley: University of California Press. (edited volume)

1980 Prehistoric Investigations in the Region of Jenne, Mali. Cambridge
Monographs in African Archaeology, Number 2 (Oxford: B.A.R.) 541 pp.,
2 volumes. (With R.J. McIntosh).

 

Articles :

1977 "Excavation and Survey in and near Djenne, Mali," Nyame Akuma 10: 36-37 (with R.J. McIntosh).

1979 "Initial perspectives on prehistoric subsistence in the Inland Niger Delta (Mali)," World Archaeology 11: 227-243 (with R.J. McIntosh).

1979 "Terracotta statuettes from Mali," African Arts 12: 51-53, 91 (with
R.J.McIntosh).

1980 "Jenne-jeno: An ancient African city," Archaeology 33: 8-14 (with R.J.
McIntosh).

1980 Excavation and survey at Djenne-djeno, Mali: Preliminary results of the 1977 fieldseason," in (ed.) R.E.F. Leakey, Proceedings of the Eighth Panafrican Congress of Prehistory and Quarternary Studies pp. 369-372 (with R.J. McIntosh).

1980 "Jenne-jeno: Ancient African city," The Times of London. September 1,1980: 14 (with R.J. McIntosh).

1981 "The Inland Niger Delta before the Empire of Mali: Evidence From Jenne-
jeno," Journal of African History 22: 1-22 (with R.J. McIntosh).

1981 "West African prehistory," American Scientist 69: 602-613 (with R.J. McIntosh)

1981 "A Reconsideration of Wangera/Palolus, Island of Gold," Journal of African History 22: 145-158.

1982 "Finding West Africa's oldest city," National Geographic 62: 396-418
(with R.J.McIntosh).

1981 "The 1981 season at Jenne-jeno: Preliminary results," Nyame Akuma 20:
28-32 (with R.J. McIntosh).

1983 "Current directions in West African prehistory," Annual Review of
Anthropology
12: 215-258 (with R.J. McIntosh).

1983 "Forgotten tells of Mali: New evidence of urban beginnings in West Africa,"
Expedition 25(2): 35-46 (with R.J. McIntosh).

1983 "Djenné-jenno, Cité sans citadelle," La Recherche 148: 1272-1275
(with R.J. McIntosh).

1983 "Une civilisation urbaine pré-islamique au sud du Sahara," Afrique Histoire 7: 27-31 (with R.J. McIntosh).

1983 "Pompei de l'Afrique Noire," GEO (France) 47: 36-51 (with R.J. McIntosh).

1983 "The secrets of ancient Jenne," Topic 144: 20-31 (with R.J.McIntosh).

1983 "Nel Mali vienne all luce una 'Pompei' africana," Atlante (Italy). May 1983:
18-31.

1984 "Early Iron Age Economy in the Inland Niger Delta (Mali)," in (eds.) J.D.
Clark and S. Brandt, From Hunters to Farmers: 158-172. (Berkeley:
University of California Press) (with R.J. McIntosh).

1984 "The Early City in West Africa: Towards Understanding," African
Archaeological Review
2:73-98 (with R.J. McIntosh).

1984 "Prospection archéologique aux alentours de Tombouctou, 1984. Rapport
Préliminaire," Nyame Akuma 24/25: 5-12 (with R.J. McIntosh).

1984 "Les secrets de l'ancienne Djenné," Topic 144: 20-31 (with R.J. McIntosh).

1985 "Archéologie et histoire de l'art africain," Grand Atlas de l'Archéologie.
Encyclopaedia Universalis (France) (with R.J. McIntosh), 312-313.

1986 "Recent archaeological research and dates from West Africa," Journal of
African History
27: 413-442 (with R.J. McIntosh).

1986 "Dilettantism and plunder: Dimensions of the illicit traffic in ancient Malian
art," UNESCO Museum 149: 49-57 (with R.J.McIntosh).

1986 "Archaeological reconnaissance in the region of Timbuktu, Mali," National
Geographic Research
2(3): 302-19 (with R.J. McIntosh).

1987 "Prospection archéologique aux alentours de Dia, Mali, 1986/1987," Nyame Akuma 29: 42-45 (with R.J. McIntosh).

1988 "From siecles obscurs to revolutionary centuries in the Middle Niger," World Archaeology 20(1):141-65 (with R.J. McIntosh).

1988 " From stone to metal: New perspectives on the later prehistory of West
Africa," Journal of World Prehistory 2(1): 89-133 (with R.J. McIntosh).

1989 "Archaeology of the people without history," Archaeology 42(1):75-80 (with R.J. McIntosh and T. Togola).

1989 "Sponge spicules in pottery: New data from Mali," Journal of Field
Archaeology
16:489-494 (with K.MacDonald).

1991 "Reconnaissance archéologiques le long du Moyen Niger" in (eds.) M.
Raimbault and K. Sanogo. Recherches Archéologiques au Mali: Les Sites
Protohistoriques de la Zone Lacustre
. (1991): 99-120. Paris: Karthala. (with
R.J. McIntosh)

1992 "Archaeological Heritage Management and Site Inventory Systems in Africa: Views on the Role of Development". Proceedings of the International
Conference on Culture and Development in Africa
, April 2-3, 1992.
Washington:The World Bank.

1992 "The Middle Senegal Valley Project: Preliminary results from the 1990-91 field season". Nyame Akuma 38: 47-61 (with R.J. McIntosh and H. Bocoum)

1993 "Field survey in the Tumulus Zone of Senegal", African Archaeological Review 11:73-107 (with R.J. McIntosh)

1993 "Cities without citadels: Understanding West African urbanism," in T. Shaw et al. (eds.), The Archaeology of Africa: Foods Metals and Towns :622-641
London: Unwin Hyman (with R.J. McIntosh).

1993 "La prospection d'après les photos aériennes: Regions de Jenné et
Tombouctou", in (eds.) J. Devisse and J. Polet, Vallées du Niger: Catalogue
Scientifique
: 234-247 (with R.J. McIntosh) .

1993 "La politique et le commerce au Delta intérieure du Niger à l'Age de Fer," in (ed.) B. Andah, Proceedings of the Ninth Panafrican Congress of Prehistory and Quaternary Studies. (With R.J. McIntosh).

1993 "Archaeological heritage management and site inventory systems in Africa".
Journal of Field Archaeology 20: 500-504.

1994 "Changing perceptions of West Africa's past: archaeological research since
1988". Journal of Archaeological Research 2(2):165-198

1995 The following chapters in Excavations at Jenne-jeno, Hambarketolo and Kaniana (Inland Niger Delta, Mali): the 1981 Season. (edited by S.K.
McIntosh), University of California Press, were authored by S.K. McIntosh:

"Chapter 1: Introduction to the 1981 Research" (with R.J. Mcintosh)

"Chapter 2: Stratigraphy, Features and Chronology" (with R.J. McIntosh)

"Chapter 3: Pottery"

"Chapter 4: Other Ceramic and Fired Clay Artifacts"

"Chapter 5: Bone, Glass and Stone"

"Chapter 6: Metals"

"Chapter 9: Paleobotanical and Human Osteological Remains"

"Chapter 10: Summary and Conclusions"

1995 "The Good Collector and the Premise of Mutual Respect Among Nations",
African Arts 28(4):60-69 (with R.J. McIntosh and T. Togola)

1996 "Early West African savanna kingdoms: overview". The Oxford
Companion to Archaeology
, B. Fagan, ed. Oxford University Press
(with R.J. McIntosh)

1996 "West African savanna kingdoms: the Sahara, caravan trade, and Islam.
The Oxford Companion to Archaeology, B. Fagan, ed. Oxford
University Press

1996 "Middle Niger Cultures," Grove Dictionary of Art, J. Turner, ed. London:
Grove Press: Vol. 21:478–82 (with R.J.McIntosh).

1997 "Urbanism in Sub-Saharan Africa". In The Archaeology of Sub-
Saharan Africa: An Encyclopedia
, J. Vogel, ed., Altamira Press.

1997 "Exploratory archaeology at Jenné and Jenné-jeno, Mali". Sahara 8: 19–28 (with R.J. McIntosh, P. Sinclair, T. Togola, and M. Petren).

1997 "A civilization under siege", US/ICOMOS Newsletter 1 (Jan/Feb 1997):2–4 (with R.J. McIntosh, T. Togola, and B. Diaby).

1999 "Pathways to Complexity: An African Perspective" In Beyond Chiefdoms:
Pathways to Complexity in Africa,
S.K. McIntosh, ed. Cambridge University
Press: 1–30.

1999 "Modeling political organization in large-scale settlement clusters: a case study from the Inland Niger delta, Mali". In Beyond Chiefdoms: Pathways to
Complexity in Africa
, S.K. McIntosh, ed. Cambridge University Press: 66–79.

1999 "A tale of two floodplains: comparative perspectives on the emergence of complex societies and urbanism in the Middle Niger and Senegal Valleys". In Proceedings of the Second World Archaeological Congress Intercongress,
Mombasa, P. Sinclair, ed. Published on the Uppsala University website: http://www.arkeologi.uu.se/afr/projects/BOOK/Mcintosh/mcintosh.htm

2000 "Floodplains and the development of complex society: comparative perspectives from the West African semi-arid tropics". In Complex Polities in the Ancient Tropical World, E. Bacus, ed., Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association, No. 9: 151–165.

2000 "New perspectives on Sincu Bara, a first millennium site in the Senegal Valley. African Archaeological Review, vol. 17 (1): 124–178 (with H. Bocoum)

2000 "Climate change and human response in history and prehistory" In The Way
the Wind Blows: Climate, History and Human Action
, J. Tainter, R.J. McIntosh, and S.K. McIntosh, eds.:1–42. Columbia University Press (with
J. Tainter and R.J. McIntosh).

2000 "The Good Collector: Fabulous beast or endangered species?" Public
Archaeology
1: 73–81 (with Lord Renfrew and S. Vincent).

2000 "L'âge du fer dans la moyenne vallée du fleuve Sénégal. Notes Africaines,
no. 196:9–18 (with H. Bocoum and R. J. McIntosh)

2001 "West African Late Stone Age", in Encyclopedia of Prehistory, Volume 1: Africa. P.Peregrine and Melvin Ember, eds. Plenum/Kluwer/Academic, Published in conjunction with the Human Relations Area Files at Yale University, pp. 319–322.

2001 "West African Neolithic", in Encyclopedia of Prehistory, Volume 1: Africa P.Peregrine and Melvin Ember, eds. Plenum/Kluwer/Academic, Published in conjunction with the Human Relations Area Files at Yale University, pp. 323–338.

2001 "Tools for understanding transformation and continuity in Senegambian society: A.D.1500-1900". In West Africa during the Atlantic Slave Trade: Archaeological Perspectives, C. DeCorse, ed. Leicester University Press: 14–37 (with a contribution by I. Thiaw)

2001 "The History of Archaeological Research on the Sudanic Kingdoms". The Encyclopedia Archaeology: History and Dicoveries T. Murray, ed., vol I: 71–78. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.

2002 "Reducing incentives for illicit trade in antiquities: U.S. implementation of the 1970 UNESCO Convention." In Illicit Antiquities, edited by K. Tubb and N.J. Brodie. Routledge: 241–248

2002 "Early urban configurations on the Middle Niger: Clustered cities and landscapes of power" In M. Smith (ed) The Social Construction of Ancient Cities. Smithsonian (with R.J. McIntosh), pp. 103–120.

2003 “Tobacco pipes from excavations at the Museum Site, Jenné, Mali”. Journal of African Archaeology 1(2): 171–199. (with D. Gallagher and R.J. McIntosh)

2004 "West Africa: urbanization and site hierarchy in savannah and sahel." In Encyclopedia of African History, edited by K. Shillington. London: Routledge/Taylor and Francis.

2004 “Ancient DNA analysis of 101 cattle remains: limits and prospects” Journal of Archaeological Science 31 (6): 295¬–710. Co-authors: Edwards C.J., Bradley D.G., MacHugh D.E., Dobney K., Martin L., Horwitz L.K., MacDonald K.C., Helmer D., Tresset A. & Vigne J.-D.

2004 "West African Late Stone Age” In Encyclopedia of African History, K.Shillington, ed. London: Routledge/Taylor and Francis.

2005 "Archaeology and the reconstruction of the African past" In Writing African History, J. Philips (ed.) University of Rochester Press, pp. 51–84

2005 "Archaeology and early West Africa", in E. Akyeampong (ed.) Themes in West Africa's History. Oxford: James Currey Publishers, pp. 11–32

 

 

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