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The Archaeology of Post Medieval Timbuktu The archaeology of post medieval Timbuktu http://www.aluka.org/action/showMetadata?doi=10.5555/AL.CH.DOCUMENT.sip100074 Use of the Aluka digital library is subject to Aluka’s Terms and Conditions, available at http://www.aluka.org/page/about/termsConditions.jsp. By using Aluka, you agree that you have read and will abide by the Terms and Conditions. Among other things, the Terms and Conditions provide that the content in the Aluka digital library is only for personal, non-commercial use by authorized users of Aluka in connection with research, scholarship, and education. The content in the Aluka digital library is subject to copyright, with the exception of certain governmental works and very old materials that may be in the public domain under applicable law. Permission must be sought from Aluka and/or the applicable copyright holder in connection with any duplication or distribution of these materials where required by applicable law. Aluka is a not-for-profit initiative dedicated to creating and preserving a digital archive of materials about and from the developing world. For more information about Aluka, please see http://www.aluka.org The archaeology of post medieval Timbuktu Author/Creator Insoll, Timothy Date 2002 Resource type Articles Language English Subject Coverage (spatial) Middle Niger, Mali, Timbucktu, Djinguereber Mosque Source Smithsonian Institution Libraries, DT331 .S131 Relation Sahara 13 (2001-2002): 7-22 Rights By kind permission of Timothy Insoll and Sahara (Pyramids). Format extent 16 pages (length/size) http://www.aluka.org/action/showMetadata?doi=10.5555/AL.CH.DOCUMENT.sip100074 http://www.aluka.org The archaeology of post medieval Timbuktu The archaeology of post medieval Timbuktu Timothy Insoll* Riassunto Quasi tutti conoscono il nome di Timbuktu, eppure 6 soltanto negli anni piii recenti che si sono avviate nella citt& antica delle ricerche archeologiche condotte in maniera sistematica. L'articolo presenta i risultati di un programma di saggi di scavo, completati nel settembre del 1998 in molti punti della cittA. I1 materiale raccolto 6 di diversi tipi - ceramiche, pipe per tabacco, perline, braccialetti, metalli, conchiglie, vetro e fusi da tessitura. Questi reperti sono descritti e situati nel contesto storico. Vengono presentate le informazioni che i vari ritrovamenti forniscono sul commercio e sulle vicende della cittb tra il diciottesimo e il ventesimo secolo. Infine, si propone una soluzione per i problemi che si devono affrontare allo scopo di completare le ricerche archeologiche a Timbuktu, per permettere di raccogliere elementi che aiutino a determinare le origini della cittA. Summary Timbuktu, a city whose name is familiar to most, has only recently begun to be investigated systematically through archaeology. This paper presents the results of a programme of trial excavation which was completed in several parts of Timbuktu in September 1998. These excavations recovered assemblages of various types of archaeological material - pottery, tobacco pipes, beads, bracelets, metals, shell, glass, and spindle whorls. This material is considered and placed in context as regards the information it provides on trade and the history of the city between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. Finally, a solution to the problems of completing archaeological research in Timbuktu and to assessing the origins of the city is proposed. Rsum Tombouctou, dont le nom est familier A la plupart d'entre nous, n'a t6 6tudi6e syst6matiquement, sur le plan arch~ologique, que tout derni~rement. Cet article pr6sente les r6sultats de fouilles tests men6es A bien dans divers emplacements de la ville en 1998. Ces travaux ont permis de mettre en 6vidence des ensembles de mat6riaux arch6ologiques vari6s - poteries, pipes A tabac, perles, bracelets, pi6ces m6talliques, coquilles, verre et navettes. Ce mat6riel est discut6 et replac6 dans le contexte des 6changes commerciaux et de l'histoire de la cit6 entre le 18e et le 20e si6cles. Enfin, nous avanvons des propositions pour la suite des recherches arch~ologiques A Tombouctou, et pour remonter aux origines de la cit6. Introduction Saad (1983: 3) makes the point that <Timbuktu became famous merely for being famous , and it is with this notion in mind that an exploratory archaeology programme was initiated in Timbuktu in 1996 and 1998. The results of the test excavations completed in the latter season are the focus of this paper (see Insoll, 1998 for a discussion of the 1996 survey). Results which give an insight into Timbuktu between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries, the era when Timbuktu was the focus of a European rush to be the first to <<discover the city, and also when it fell under colonial rule. Yet surprisingly a city as renowned as Timbuktu has never been the focus of systematic archaeological investigation. Prior to the recent excavations, the sum total appears to consist of a largely conjectural map produced by Pefontan (1922), and a brief survey, largely of the standing monuments, completed by Raymond Mauny (1952). More recently, a survey of parts of the surrounding region has also been completed by Susan Keetch McIntosh and Rod McIntosh (1986). The results of these *School of Art History and Archaeology University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester, M13 9PL (U.K.) SAHARA 13/2001-02 Insoll 7 L JL .JLj 1. Gendarmerie 2 k 2. Sankore Mosque LI 3.TIM 98(A) 3 4. TIM98(B) 4 5. TIM 98 (C) 7. Pool of Kabara L ' 8.TIM98(D) . 9.TIM98(D) zzc 10. Sidi Yahya Mosque 11. Djinguereber Mosque 12. Fort Chech Sidi Bekaye . t (formerly F. Bonnier) 13. TIM 98 (F) 1 14. L'Energie 50 16 1 0~1 L003 few explorations are referred to, where necessary, later, but it is perti- Fig. 1. Plan of Timbuktu illustrating nent to note that it is the above ground monuments, notably the three the principal monuments and ,,medieval, mosques of Djinguereber, Sankore, and Sidi Yahya, which positions of the excavations (after hvbenconcentrated upon both in terms of restoration and publica- Timbuktu Town Plan, Direction havebeenNationale de l'Urbanisme et de la tion (see for example Insoll, 1999; Joffroy, 1997; Mauny, 1952; Prussin, Construction, R~ublique du Mali). 1986; Wieczorek, 1990). Thus a second reason behind the archaeological work in Timbuktu was an attempt to rectify the imbalance in archaeological investigation which exists in the region in favour of earlier urban centres such as Gao (Insoll, 1996), Tegdaoust (Devisse et al., 1983), Koumbi Saleh (Berthier, 1997), or further to the south, Djenne and Jenne-jeno (S.K. McIntosh, 1995). Further rationale guiding the fieldwork in Timbuktu included the need to establish reliable artifactural and chronological sequences for the city, and to delimit areas of archaeological significance following procedures utilised elsewhere (see for example Insoll, 1996, 2000a). Therefore the excavations completed were ________________ 8 SAHARA 13/2001-02 Insoll exploratory in nature, rather than more leisurely larger-scale research excavations and the results should be regarded accordingly. The degree of success in approaching the aims just outlined was varied. Not least for the peculiar problems which undertaking archaeological research in Timbuktu is accompanied by. Primary amongst these is the degree of rebuilding and destruction the city has undergone through its often turbulent history (see below), as well as the climatic factors it has been exposed to through being situated at the interface between the Sahara and the River Niger. Sand encroachment, for example, has been a recurring problem in the city. Rene Cailli6 (1968: 75) describes how during his visit in 1828 he saw near the Sankore mosque, -a small hillock of sand, and some buildings overwhelmed by the sand blown up by the east wind . Similarly, Mauny (1952: 907) records that within the Sankore mosque itself, the floor level was raised by a metre of sand during 1952. Whilst during restoration work in the same mosque in the mid-1990s, sixty lorry loads of sand were removed (Joffroy and Moriset, n.d.: 88). This ensablement being further attested both during the recent survey and excavations (see below). Periodically, flooding has also been of significance. A factor due in part to the deliberate situation of Timbuktu astride a seasonal channel, now dry, running from Korioume on the River Niger, to Kabara, the former port of Timbuktu, and onto the pool of Kabara to the west of Timbuktu itself (Fig. 1). Heinrich Barth (1890: 345) even refers to the flood reaching within 500 m of the Djinguereber mosque in January 1854. Besides being situated astride this channel which remained navigable by smaller craft into the twentieth century, a further body of water appears to have once been situated between the original component parts of Timbuktu which were situated astride two parallel longitudinal dunes. This is the area represented by the Badjind6 quarter, meaning -stream of the Hippos, in Songhai (S.K. and R.J. McIntosh, 1986: 305). The third factor of significance in creating and altering the archaeological record in Timbuktu is the history of the city itself. Both historical sources and explorers accounts contain references to the periodic destruction of parts of the city for various reasons. Dubois (1897: 240) describes how the quarters in the north of the city built during the Askia period of the sixteenth century were falling into ruin during the time of his visit in the late nineteenth century, in part a consequence of Tuareg incursions. Whilst Barth (1890: 316, 325) mentions that the groundwork and elevation of the Sankore area, one of the areas recently investigated, was composed of rubbish mounds due to «the repeated ruin which seems to have befallen this quarter (Barth, 1890: 325). Mauny (1952: 907) also refers to another levelling of the Sankore area which occurred between ca. 1894-7 during the building of the French Fort Philippe (later re-named Fort Hugueny).
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