A story of abandonment: settlements and landscape in the Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal

The authors present a new, interdisciplinary project focusing on the interaction between people and the landscape within abandoned and populated villages following the founding of Niokola-Koba National Park in south-eastern Senegal. In this article, they assess anthropogenic transformations from geo...

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Published in:Antiquity 2022-10, Vol.96 (389), p.1330-1336
Main Authors: Majerovičová, Tereza, Šmejda, Ladislav, Novák, Jan, Manka, Idrissa, Ballesteros, Miguel, Bumerl, Jiří, Deme, Alioune, Beneš, Jaromír
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Analysis
Archaeology
Cultural heritage
Economic aspects
Ethnobotany
Excavation
Founding
Human beings
Human settlements
Human-environment interactions
Influence on nature
Interdisciplinary aspects
National parks
National parks and reserves
Pollution
Project Gallery
Remote sensing
Social aspects
Trees
Vegetation
Villages
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Summary:The authors present a new, interdisciplinary project focusing on the interaction between people and the landscape within abandoned and populated villages following the founding of Niokola-Koba National Park in south-eastern Senegal. In this article, they assess anthropogenic transformations from geoarchaeological, ethnoarchaeological and ethnobotanical perspectives in order to document and preserve the heritage of both displaced and settled agricultural communities.
ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744
DOI:10.15184/aqy.2022.97