W. Van Neer (2008)
Fishing in the Senegal River during the Iron Age: the evidence from the habitation mounds of Cubalel and Siouré
In: Animals and People: Archaeozoological Papers in Honour of Ina Plug. BAR International Series 1849, ed. by Badenhorst S., Mitchell P., Driver J. . Archaeopress, Oxford, chap. N/A, pp. 117-130.
A description is given of the fish remains
from six settlement mounds located along the Senegal River
that cover an occupation of approximately 1800 years. The
22 fish taxa found at the sites are described and attention is
focussed on their spatial and, especially, temporal distribution.
The place and season of capture are established and
the possible fishing techniques are reconstructed. Using
diachronic trends seen in the size distribution of the fish, it
is argued that the ichthyofauna of the Middle Senegal Valley
already shows effects of overfishing during the course
of the first millennium AD.
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