Kawinza

Kawinza
Village
Kawinza

Location in Mali

Coordinates: 15°46′48″N 4°31′21″W / 15.78000°N 4.52250°W / 15.78000; -4.52250Coordinates: 15°46′48″N 4°31′21″W / 15.78000°N 4.52250°W / 15.78000; -4.52250
Country  Mali
Region Tombouctou Region
Cercle Goundam Cercle
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Kawinza is a village and archaeological site in the Goundam Cercle, Timbuktu Region, Mali. It was excavated extensively from 1984 by Téréba Togola, Michael Rainbault and Roderick and Susan McIntosh.[1] Pottery such as vases and fragments were discovered in January of that year.[2] They discovered tumuli here in 1986 and also in Toyla, and Tissalaten.[3] The Kawinza tumuli are dated to 670–880 AD. [4]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Raimbault, Michel; Sanogo, Kléna (1991). Recherches archéologiques au Mali: prospections et inventaire, fouilles et études analytiques en Zone lacustre. KARTHALA Editions. p. 281. ISBN 978-2-86537-285-0. 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. ↑ 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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