Dia, Mali
Dia is a small town and seat of the commune of Diaka in the Cercle of Ténenkou in the Mopti Region of southern-central Mali.[1]
Dia | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Dia Location in Mali | |
| Coordinates: 14°21′7″N 4°57′25″W | |
| Country |  |
| Region | Mopti Region |
| Cercle | Ténenkou Cercle |
| Commune | Diaka |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
According to Levtzion, the Diakhanke "remember Dia in Massina as the town of their ancestor, Suware, a great marabout and a saint."[2]
The three settlement mound complex, near the Inland Niger Delta, predates Djenne and Timbuktu.[3] Dia-Shoma, as the earliest settlement mound, dates to the 9th century BCE.[3] Dia-Mara dates to sixth century CE. The height of settlement at this complex is reached around the tenth century CE.[3]
References
- Communes de la Région de Mopti (PDF) (in French), Ministère de l’administration territoriale et des collectivités locales, République du Mali, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-19.
- Levtzion, Nehemia (1973). Ancient Ghana and Mali. New York: Methuen & Co Ltd. p. 168. ISBN 0841904316.
- Arazi, Noemie. "Tracing History in Dia, in the Inland Niger Delta of Mali -Archaeology, Oral Traditions and Written Sources" (PDF). University College London. Institute of Archaeology.
Further reading
- Bedaux, Rogier; Schmidt, Annette; MacDonald, Kevin; Person, Alain; Polet, Jean; Sanogo, Kléna; Sidibé, Samuel (2001), "The Dia archaeological project: rescuing cultural heritage in the Inland Niger Delta (Mali)", Antiquity, 75 (290): 837–848.
- Bedaux, R.; Polet, J.; Sanogo, K.; et al., eds. (2005), Recherches archéologiques à Dia dans le Delta intérieur du Niger (Mali) : bilan des saisons de fouilles 1998-2003 (PDF) (in French), Leiden: CNWS Publications, ISBN 978-9057891076.
- McIntosh, R.J.; McIntosh, S.K. (1987), "Prospection archéologique aux alentours de Dia, Mali, 1986/1987" (PDF), Nyame Akuma (in French), 29: 42–45.
- Zeitoun, V.; Gatto, E.; Rougier, H.; Sidibé, S. (2004), "Dia Shoma (Mali), a medieval cemetery in the inner Niger delta", International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 14 (2): 112–125, doi:10.1002/oa.716.
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