Dilettantism and plunder—illicit traffic in ancient Malian art

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Museum International (Edition Francaise)Volume 38, Issue 1 p. 49-57 Dilettantism and plunder—illicit traffic in ancient Malian art Roderick J. McIntosh, Roderick J. McIntosh Born in 1951. Graduate of Yale University; Ph.D., Cambridge University, 1979. Has excavated in Ghana (Begho) and Mali (Jenne-jeno, survey at Timbuktu). At present Associate Professor of Anthropology at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Principal research interests include geomorphology and palaeoclimatology, urbanism, metallurgy, and the communicative function of prehistoric art. Has published on the ethnoarchaeology of traditional architecture, urban origins, subsistence practices, the archaeology of prehistoric African art, and the geomorphological evolution of the Inland Niger Delta, in addidion to more conventional archaeological reports.Search for more papers by this authorSusan Keech McIntosh, Susan Keech McIntosh Born in 1951. Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Cambridge University, Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara, 1979. At present Associate Professor of Anthropology at Rice University. Teaching and research interests include human origins, domestication, human osreology, and the emergence of complex societies. She has co-directed archaeological research at Jenne-jeno (Mali) in 1977 and 1981 and at Timbuktu in 1984. With her husband she has written several publications on these excavations and syntheses of West African prehistory (in American Scientist 69 (1981): 602–613; Annual Review of Anthropology 12 (1984); 215–258: and African Archaeological Reviw 2 (1984): 73–98. She is also the associate editor for prehistory of Current Anthropology.Search for more papers by this author Roderick J. McIntosh, Roderick J. McIntosh Born in 1951. Graduate of Yale University; Ph.D., Cambridge University, 1979. Has excavated in Ghana (Begho) and Mali (Jenne-jeno, survey at Timbuktu). At present Associate Professor of Anthropology at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Principal research interests include geomorphology and palaeoclimatology, urbanism, metallurgy, and the communicative function of prehistoric art. Has published on the ethnoarchaeology of traditional architecture, urban origins, subsistence practices, the archaeology of prehistoric African art, and the geomorphological evolution of the Inland Niger Delta, in addidion to more conventional archaeological reports.Search for more papers by this authorSusan Keech McIntosh, Susan Keech McIntosh Born in 1951. Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Cambridge University, Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara, 1979. At present Associate Professor of Anthropology at Rice University. Teaching and research interests include human origins, domestication, human osreology, and the emergence of complex societies. She has co-directed archaeological research at Jenne-jeno (Mali) in 1977 and 1981 and at Timbuktu in 1984. With her husband she has written several publications on these excavations and syntheses of West African prehistory (in American Scientist 69 (1981): 602–613; Annual Review of Anthropology 12 (1984); 215–258: and African Archaeological Reviw 2 (1984): 73–98. She is also the associate editor for prehistory of Current Anthropology.Search for more papers by this author First published: January/December 1986 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-5825.1986.tb01015.x Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume38, Issue1January/December 1986Pages 49-57 RelatedInformation