Archäologische Untersuchungen zur eisenzeitlichen Besiedlungsgeschichte des nordwestlichen Kongobeckens
Dirk Seidensticker
This repository contains all data & code to my PhD thesis (submitted in 2017 & defended in 2018). An open-access PDF can be downloaded here (DOI: 10.15496/publikation-59846)
The study provides a comprehensive analysis of archaeological findings from the north-western Congo Basin that were discovered in 1985 and 1987. An inventory of 122 sites and approximately 10,500 objects, mostly ceramic vessels or individual sherds, were examined.
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├── bib (data extracted from the literature)
├── chpt (.tex files for the individual chapters)
├── data (raw data)
│ ├── base (location of **nwCongoDB.sqlite**)
│ ├── processed
│ ├── raster
│ └── vector
├── fig (exported figures)
├── gis (geodata)
├── plt (plates)
├── py (>2017 Python files)
├── py_old (<2017 Python files)
├── r (>2017 R files)
├── r_old (<2017 R files)
└── tbl (exported tables)
The study’s main objectives were to develop a spatio-temporal reference framework for the area based on pottery groups derived from the technological, formal, and ornamental characteristics of the ceramics (chapter 4) and to provide an archaeological synthesis of the available knowledge on the settlement history of the Congo Basin (chapter 5). In addition to stylistic characterizations, the studied ceramics were analyzed regarding fabrication techniques and technology (chapter 3). Fabrics, which reflect processing of clays during potting, were systematically recorded. Macroscopic traces of manufacturing techniques were examined within a representative sample (chapter 3.1) and three independent technology traditions could be identified (chapter 5.3).
D. Seidensticker (2022): Archäologische Untersuchungen zur eisenzeitlichen Besiedlungsgeschichte des nordwestlichen Kongobeckens. Daten und Computercode. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6337181