Tout comme dans d’autres régions du continent, le cuivre a été prisé tout au long du 2e millénaire AD dans différentes entités politiques de l’Ouest de l’Afrique centrale. Les sources de cuivre y sont cependant limitées et les gisements du bassin du Niari, situés dans le sud de la République du Congo, figurent parmi les plus importants à avoir été exploités anciennement. Si la localisation précise des gisements et les premières descriptions du travail du cuivre datent du 19e s. les sources européennes mentionnent dès le 16e s l’existence de mines au nord du fleuve Congo et d’un commerce florissant de ce métal.Depuis 2013, des recherches archéologiques aux alentours de Mindouli, Boko-Songho et Mfouati – principales zones d’affleurement de mi...
The long-distance trade routes would have played a significant role in the socio-political history o...
Durant le 2e millénaire AD, du cuivre est produit aux alentours des gisements cuprifères du bassin d...
Copper, considered a “red gold,” had a major place in the political economy of Central Africa over t...
Copper deposits of the Niari basin (Republic of Congo) are known from historical texts since the 16t...
As a highly valued metal, exchanged over large distances, copper has played a major role in the soci...
As a highly valued metal, exchanged over large distances, copper has played a major role in the soci...
Copper has played a fundamental role in the socio-political and economic history of Central Africa d...
In Central Africa, copper ore occurs in only a few locations and copper appears to have beena scarce...
Archaeological fieldwork has been conducted since three years around the copper deposits of the Niar...
Recent research in the Niari Basin, located along the southern border of the Republic of Congo, has ...
Archaeological fieldwork has been conducted since three years around the copper deposits of the Niar...
Archaeological fieldwork has been conducted since three years around the copper deposits of the Niar...
Copper is rare and scattered in central Africa and was considered as a valuable metal, playing the s...
At the end of the 19th century, copper and brass were used in a large part of the Congo Basin to mak...
At the end of the 19th century, copper and brass were used in a large part of the Congo Basin to mak...
The long-distance trade routes would have played a significant role in the socio-political history o...
Durant le 2e millénaire AD, du cuivre est produit aux alentours des gisements cuprifères du bassin d...
Copper, considered a “red gold,” had a major place in the political economy of Central Africa over t...
Copper deposits of the Niari basin (Republic of Congo) are known from historical texts since the 16t...
As a highly valued metal, exchanged over large distances, copper has played a major role in the soci...
As a highly valued metal, exchanged over large distances, copper has played a major role in the soci...
Copper has played a fundamental role in the socio-political and economic history of Central Africa d...
In Central Africa, copper ore occurs in only a few locations and copper appears to have beena scarce...
Archaeological fieldwork has been conducted since three years around the copper deposits of the Niar...
Recent research in the Niari Basin, located along the southern border of the Republic of Congo, has ...
Archaeological fieldwork has been conducted since three years around the copper deposits of the Niar...
Archaeological fieldwork has been conducted since three years around the copper deposits of the Niar...
Copper is rare and scattered in central Africa and was considered as a valuable metal, playing the s...
At the end of the 19th century, copper and brass were used in a large part of the Congo Basin to mak...
At the end of the 19th century, copper and brass were used in a large part of the Congo Basin to mak...
The long-distance trade routes would have played a significant role in the socio-political history o...
Durant le 2e millénaire AD, du cuivre est produit aux alentours des gisements cuprifères du bassin d...
Copper, considered a “red gold,” had a major place in the political economy of Central Africa over t...