Vernacular architecture in eastern Senegal: Chaînes opératoires and technical choices

Architecture is an important component of cultural identity, but knowledge regarding construction techniques using local materials is gradually disappearing, and this subject has rarely been studied in sub-Saharan Africa. This ethno-archaeological study of current vernacular architecture and its evo...

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Authors: Pelmoine, Thomas (Author) ; Mayor, Anne (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. [2020]
In: Journal of material culture
Year: 2020, Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Pages: 348-378
RelBib Classification:KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
Further subjects:B Vernacular architecture
B Senegal
B technical choices
B Ethnoarchaeology
B Environment (Art)
B Culture
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