Quelles étaient les fonctions des plateformes de Djaba-Hosséré (Nord-Cameroun) ?

The very heart of the space occupied by the Djaba chiefdom during the early nineteenth century holds some twenty tabular structures, the function of which is enigmatic. Are they burial mounds, hut bases, or kpə̀’ə̀n – those buildings associated with the exercise of power and evoked by some informant...

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Autores principales: Olivier Langlois, Innocent Abdoul Sardi, Hassimi Sambo
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:241d763caa7b48f5b089c274f37d56732021-12-02T10:48:11ZQuelles étaient les fonctions des plateformes de Djaba-Hosséré (Nord-Cameroun) ?2431-204510.4000/aaa.1002https://doaj.org/article/241d763caa7b48f5b089c274f37d56732017-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/aaa/1002https://doaj.org/toc/2431-2045The very heart of the space occupied by the Djaba chiefdom during the early nineteenth century holds some twenty tabular structures, the function of which is enigmatic. Are they burial mounds, hut bases, or kpə̀’ə̀n – those buildings associated with the exercise of power and evoked by some informants ? In the aim of answering this question, we have excavated a test-pit on one of these buildings and tried to learn more about these kpə̀’ə̀n by dedicating them some surveys. The archaeological work undertaken, associated with the ethnographic data collected, will lead to favour a hypothesis. However, they will be not be sufficient to reject the alternative assumptions.Olivier LangloisInnocent Abdoul SardiHassimi SamboOpenEditionarticleDììplatformburial moundspace organizationchiefdomArchaeologyCC1-960History of the artsNX440-632ENFRAfrique Archéologie Arts, Vol 13, Pp 59-76 (2017)
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topic Dìì
platform
burial mound
space organization
chiefdom
Archaeology
CC1-960
History of the arts
NX440-632
spellingShingle Dìì
platform
burial mound
space organization
chiefdom
Archaeology
CC1-960
History of the arts
NX440-632
Olivier Langlois
Innocent Abdoul Sardi
Hassimi Sambo
Quelles étaient les fonctions des plateformes de Djaba-Hosséré (Nord-Cameroun) ?
description The very heart of the space occupied by the Djaba chiefdom during the early nineteenth century holds some twenty tabular structures, the function of which is enigmatic. Are they burial mounds, hut bases, or kpə̀’ə̀n – those buildings associated with the exercise of power and evoked by some informants ? In the aim of answering this question, we have excavated a test-pit on one of these buildings and tried to learn more about these kpə̀’ə̀n by dedicating them some surveys. The archaeological work undertaken, associated with the ethnographic data collected, will lead to favour a hypothesis. However, they will be not be sufficient to reject the alternative assumptions.
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author Olivier Langlois
Innocent Abdoul Sardi
Hassimi Sambo
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Innocent Abdoul Sardi
Hassimi Sambo
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title Quelles étaient les fonctions des plateformes de Djaba-Hosséré (Nord-Cameroun) ?
title_short Quelles étaient les fonctions des plateformes de Djaba-Hosséré (Nord-Cameroun) ?
title_full Quelles étaient les fonctions des plateformes de Djaba-Hosséré (Nord-Cameroun) ?
title_fullStr Quelles étaient les fonctions des plateformes de Djaba-Hosséré (Nord-Cameroun) ?
title_full_unstemmed Quelles étaient les fonctions des plateformes de Djaba-Hosséré (Nord-Cameroun) ?
title_sort quelles étaient les fonctions des plateformes de djaba-hosséré (nord-cameroun) ?
publisher OpenEdition
publishDate 2017
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