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African Iron Age Sites

Archaeological Sites of the African Iron Age

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Kumbi Saleh (Mauritania)

The Iron Age archaeological site of Kumbi Saleh in what is today Mauritania was built by the west African Soninké society about AD 600, and was probably used as a capital city for the Ghana empire

Tegdaoust (Mauritania)

The archaeological site of Tegdaoust is a Berber site in Mauritania, and probably represents the historical town called Awdaghost, a site on the crucial caravan trade network in Saharan Africa during the 9th century AD.

Hyrax Hill (Kenya)

Hyrax Hill is a Neolithic and Iron Age site, known for its collection of Sirikwa Holes, dating to the Iron Age occupation

Aissa Dugjé (Cameroon)

Aissa Dugjé, CameroonScott MacEachern (c) 1998

Aissa Dugjé is a big site, occupied between about 1700 and 800 years ago and nestled between two small inselbergs out in the flatness of the Mora Plain. The most striking features are the 30-plus occupation mounds scattered in its central area

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