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Kawinza

Coordinates: 15°46′48″N 4°31′21″W / 15.78000°N 4.52250°W / 15.78000; -4.52250
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Kawinza
Village
Kawinza is located in Mali
Kawinza
Kawinza
Location 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.[1] Pottery such as vases and fragments were discovered in January of that year.[2] They discovered tumuli here in 1986 and also in Toyla and Tissalaten.[3] The Kawinza tumuli are dated to 670–880 AD. [4]

References

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  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.