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- Title
Hueda (Whydah) Country and Town: Archaeological Perspectives on the Rise and Collapse of an African Atlantic Kingdom.
- Authors
Norman, Neil L.
- Abstract
The article uses archaeological data to discuss the processes that led to the development of the West African Hueda civilization in the 17th and 18th centuries. The article describes the war between the Dahomean Ouidah tribe and the Hueda, the effect of West African tribal war on commercial trade with European traders, and the architectural practices, rituals, and practices of craft production of Hueda civilization using archaeological surveys, mapping, and excavations. Other subjects under discussion include trading routes through the Savi kingdom, rural and urban settlement patterns in West Africa and their effect on international trade, and the economic integration of West African settlements.
- Subjects
WEST Africa; HUEDA (African people); HISTORY of West Africa -- To 1884; WAR &; civilization; INTERNATIONAL economic integration; LAND settlement patterns; FON (African people); SAPINY (African people); AFRICAN history to 1884; AFRICAN politics &; government
- Publication
International Journal of African Historical Studies, 2009, Vol 42, Issue 3, p387
- ISSN
0361-7882
- Publication type
Article