Tissalaten
Tissalaten | |
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  Tissalaten Location in Mali | |
| Coordinates: 15°54′0″N 4°21′30″W / 15.90000°N 4.35833°W | |
| Country |  Mali |
| Region | Tombouctou |
| Cercle | Niafunké |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Tissalaten is an archaeological site in 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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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