Putting pots and people in the Sahelian empires

Haour, Anne

doi:10.1080/0067270x.2011.552947

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“…After reviewing ethnographic research done on modern African roulette techniques (e.g. Haour 2011;Haour et al [ ] 2016Haour et al [ , 2019Livingstone Smith 2007;Soper 1985), we began collaboration with Africanist scholars working on rouletted pottery in order to deepen our analysis of the colonoware in question. In reviewing the sherds, multiple Africanist researchers confirmed our suspicion: the Drayton Hall, Heyward-Washington, and Horry County sherds were decorated using an African-style folded strip roulette (Anne Haour, personal communication, April 25, 2019; Alexandre Livingstone Smith, personal communication, May 10, 2019).…”

Section: Global Uses Of Roulettesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A folded strip roulette can also consist of more than two strips, creating an intricately woven shape. The twisting motion creates the characteristic three-sided cross-section of the roulette (Haour 2011;Haour et al 2019;Soper 1985;). Once the potter knots the ends, the tool maintains its folded shape.…”

Section: Folded Strip Roulette Manufacturing and Experimentationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These impressions shape the characteristic and repeating convex quadrilateral elements (ranging from rice-like to square in shape) that make folded strip roulettes easily distinguishable from other decorative types. Overall, the tighter the roulette, the easier it is to identify these features (Haour andKeita [2010] 2016;Haour et al 2019;. While folded strip-rouletted patterns may appear similar to some varieties of stamping and fabric or net impressing, they can be identified in other ways.…”

Section: Folded Strip Roulette Manufacturing and Experimentationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As summarized above, rouletting as a general technique emerged independently in different cultures and at different times. However, these tools mostly took diverse and distinct forms, with the exception of the cord roulettes independently invented in Africa and Japan (Begley 1986;Gronenborn and Magnavita 2000;Haour 2011;Haour et al 2019;Kenrick 1995;Livingstone Smith 2007;McKenzie-Clark 2015;Walker and Santoso 1977;various papers in Haour et al [2010] 2016). Gosselain (2000, 198-200) described the spread of West and northern Central African roulettes as occurring through simple exchanges; while some degree of interaction is necessary for the introduction of rouletting to a new individual or group, the exchange does not need to be lengthy or intense for the technique to spread.…”

Section: Folded Strip Roulette Manufacturing and Experimentationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Preliminary Identification of African-Style Rouletted Colonoware in the Colonial South Carolina Lowcountry

Sattes

Marcoux

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Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage

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Colonoware, a low-fired earthenware made by enslaved Africans, African Americans, and Native Americans, is a crucial source for exploring the formation and materialization of colonial identities. Yet, the origins and ethnic associations of this enigmatic colonial potting tradition have long been debated. Recent ethnographic studies of African ceramic traditions have led to our reexamination of a surface treatment lately identified on colonoware vessels in South Carolina. Our analysis focuses on colonoware sherds from two eighteenth-century sites in Charleston as well as an additional unprovenienced vessel from the Horry County Museum. Through experimental replication and cross-regional comparison, this paper argues that the application of "folded strip rouletting" on colonoware in South Carolina is related to contemporaneous decorative techniques practiced in West and northern Central Africa. The sherds analyzed in this article thus represent the first clear published example of a decorative African potting technique identified in the colonial United States.

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Section: Global Uses Of Roulettesmentioning

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Preliminary Identification of African-Style Rouletted Colonoware in the Colonial South Carolina Lowcountry

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“…Gosselain 2000Gosselain , 2011Haour 2011). Pottery styles tend to be conservative and changes might occur due to a multitude of reasons other than the arrival of newcomers.…”

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Archaeological data and oral traditions from the Oku and Kovifem sites in northwest Cameroon

Oslisly

Saulieu

Nlend³

2014

Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa

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The recent archaeology of Northwest Cameroon is undoubtedly the best documented in the country. However, results focus mainly on ancient cave sites and do not raise questions about the recent periods relevant to the history of chiefdoms, despite this being a particularly salient feature of the region. Preliminary work has now been done at Elak (the Oku chiefdom) and Kovifem (the Nso chiefdom), two symbolic centres, which share a number of elements. This work aims critically to compare archaeological data with oral traditions on the establishment and origins of these relatively modern chiefdoms.

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Abubakar Sule Sani: Imprints of the Archaeology of Northern Nigeria: Landscape, society and crafts around Kirfi, Bauchi region

MacEachern

2022

Afr Archaeol Rev

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Putting pots and people in the Sahelian empires

Cited by 23 publications

References 29 publications

Preliminary Identification of African-Style Rouletted Colonoware in the Colonial South Carolina Lowcountry

Preliminary Identification of African-Style Rouletted Colonoware in the Colonial South Carolina Lowcountry

Archaeological data and oral traditions from the Oku and Kovifem sites in northwest Cameroon

Abubakar Sule Sani: Imprints of the Archaeology of Northern Nigeria: Landscape, society and crafts around Kirfi, Bauchi region

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