Professional Publications of Philip de Barros, Ph.D., R.P.A.

Ceramic Seriation

de Barros, Philip. 1982.  The Effects of Variable Site Occupation Span on the Results of Frequency Seriation.  American Antiquity 47:291-315.  (1.93 MB)

African Languages

de Barros, Philip and Leopold Ako.  2006 Grammaire Mina, 2nd Edition.  Originally published by the Ecole Professionelle.  Lome, Togo, West Africa. Published under the auspices of the U.S. Peace Corps.  (0.67 MB)

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http://www.panafril10n.org/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/Gbe

African Archaeology

Posnansky, Merrick and Philip de Barros. 1980.  An Archaeological Reconnaissance of Togo, August 1979.  Report prepared for the H. E. The Minister of National Education and Scientific Research of the Republic of Togo under the sponsorship of the United States International Communications Agency.  [text]  (406 KB)

Posnansky, Merrick and Philip de Barros. 1980.   An Archaeological Reconnaissance of Togo, August 1979.  Report prepared for the H. E. The Minister of National Education and Scientific Research of the Republic of Togo under the sponsorship of the United States International Communications Agency.  [plates]  (18.7 MB)

de Barros, Philip. 1983a.  Iron Industry of Bassar.  Nyame Akuma 1983(2):32-35.  (372 KB)

de Barros, Philip. 1983b.  A Kintampo Rasp from Bassar.  Nyame Akuma 1983(2):35-36.  (372 KB)

de Barros, Philip.  1986.  Bassar:  A Quantified, Chronologically Controlled, Regional Approach to a Traditional Iron Production Centre in West Africa.  Africa 56(2):148-174.  London.  (1.94 MB)

de Barros, Philip.  1988.  Societal Repercussions of the Rise of Large-Scale Traditional Iron Production: a West African Example.  African Archaeological Review 6:91-113.  (1.07 MB)

de Barros, Philip.  1990.  Changing Paradigms, Goals & Methods in the Archaeology of Francophone West Africa.  In The History of African Archaeology, edited by P. Robertshaw, pp. 155-172.  James Currey and Heinemann, London and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. (36.7 MB -- due to color and B/W photographs)

de Barros, Philip.  1990.  Changing Paradigms, Goals & Methods in the Archaeology of Francophone West Africa.  In The History of African Archaeology, edited by P. Robertshaw, pp. 155-172.  James Currey and Heinemann, London and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. (23 MB -- without photographs)

de Barros, Philip.  2000.  Iron Metallurgy:  Sociocultural Context.  In Ancient African Metallurgy: The Sociocultural Context, edited by J. O. Vogel, pp. 147-198.  AltaMira Press, Walnut Creek, CA  (6.88 MB)

de Barros, Philip.  2001.  The Effect of the Slave Trade on the Bassar Ironworking Society.  In West Africa During the Atlantic Slave Trade: Archaeological Perspectives, edited by C. DeCorse, pp. 59-80.  Leicester University Press, London and New York. (7.47 MB)

de Barros, Philip. 2003.  Recent Early Iron Age Research in Bassar, Togo.  Nyame Akuma 59:76-78.
Note:  The C14 dates from Dekpassanware are primarily from two midden deposits (Units 23 and 36) situated at least 80 m apart.  They both produced calibrated dates between 800 BC and AD 150 with ironworking debris (ore, tuyeres, slag) showing up between 400-200 B.C.  Other early dates are from a residential area (Unit 24) and an ironworking area (Unit 29).  The two other Later Iron Age calibrated dates range between ca. A.D. 1300-1600 are from within large slag mounds associated with site reoccupation.

Others coming:  Agarade Rockshelter (to be published in revised form) excavations; Ph.D. dissertation 1985.  In addition, I have written about 150 Cultural Resource Management publications focused primarily on Southern California, including extensive work in the traditional area of the Serrano Indians in San Bernardino County.  If there is a particular work you are interested in, please contact me by email.