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Village in Tombouctou, Mali
Kawinza
Village
Kawinza is located in MaliKawinzaKawinzaLocation in Mali
Coordinates: 15°46′48″N 4°31′21″W / 15.78000°N 4.52250°W / 15.78000; -4.52250
Country Mali
RegionTombouctou
CercleNiafunké
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)

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

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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