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Djenné-Djenno Settlement Tradition
The Djenné-Djenno settlement tradition refers to the long-term pattern of sedentary and urban development represented by the Djenné-Djenno site in th…
Timeline
- c. -500–-100Djenné-Djenno · MaliPermanent settlement emerged at Djenné-Djenno on the Niger's floodplain; residents exploited seasonal floods for agriculture and produced distinctive pottery, indicating early complex social organization in the Sahel region.
- c. 200–900Inland Niger Delta · SahelThe settlement grew in size and accumulated large quantities of imported copper, glass beads, and other artifacts, showing it was embedded in trans-Sahelian trade networks and laying the geographic and economic foundation for later Djenné as an Islamic trading center.
Sources
- Djenné-Djenno https://www.worldhistory.org/Djenne-Djenno/
- Excavations at Jenné-jeno, Hambarketolo, and Kaniana (Inland Niger Delta, Mali), the 1981 Season — Roderick J. McIntosh; Susan Keech McIntosh (1988)