Fouilles Archeologiques de Sauvetage Sur Le Site de la Masquee de Kankou Moussa a Gao (Mail): Resultats Dela Compagne 2006

Abstract

The excavations, undertaken on the site of the Kanku Musa ' s mosque, have brought to light a series of colossal walls built using a highly elaborate dry stone architecture. These walls appears to be the vestiges of a royal residence. The 2006 excavation provided additional information about architecture and cultural material. According to the materials analysis the relative chronology of occupation of the site is estimated between the 2^nd and 16^th Centuries AD.