Ethno-Archaeology in Jenne, Mali : Craft and Status among Smiths, Potters, and Masons

An ethnoarchaeological study of the social and economic lives of three secialised producers based in Jenne, Mali: blacksmiths, potters and masons. These three were chosen for the long history of their existence and the wide variety of information they provide on, not only issues of production, workshops, social and economic networks and strategies, but also social status, the control of information and knowledge, gender, apprenticeship, and the movement of marriage partners. The authors fieldwork and experiences are then projected into the past to speculate on the situation in the Iron Age period whilst highlighting the obvious issues of representativeness.LaViolette, Adria Jean is the author of 'Ethno-Archaeology in Jenne, Mali : Craft and Status among Smiths, Potters, and Masons', published 2000 under ISBN 9781841710433 and ISBN 1841710431.