Template:Did you know nominations/Ma'adin Ijafen
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 00:26, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
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Ma'adin Ijafen
[edit]- ...that in the early 1960s, French explorer Théodore Monod discovered over 2000 brass ingots from the 11th or 12th centuries at the Ma'adin Ijafen archaeological site in Mauritania?
Source: Red Gold of Africa: linked page covers date, name of explorer and site, number of brass ingots, and location. The ‘Lost Caravan’ of Ma’den Ijafen Revisited: covers the cowrie shells. Indigenous African Metallurgy: Nature and Culture: page 323 covers the dating.
- ALT1:... that in the early 1960s, French explorer Théodore Monod discovered the Ma'adin Ijafen archaeological site in Mauritania, where he recovered approximately two tons of artifacts, primarily brass ingots and cowrie shells from the 11th or 12th centuries?
Source: Red Gold of Africa: linked page covers date, name of explorer and site, and location. The ‘Lost Caravan’ of Ma’den Ijafen Revisited: covers the cowrie shells. Indigenous African Metallurgy: Nature and Culture: page 323 covers the dating and total weight of hoard.
5x expanded by Premeditated Chaos (talk). Self-nominated at 03:04, 26 October 2018 (UTC).
Article is new enough, long enough, well-sourced, well-written, and with no copyvio/plagiarism/close paraphrasing issues. Hook is cited and doesn't appear to have any issues; both hooks are very interesting and I can't decide which one I like better, so I believe I'll leave that decision to the promoter. No pic, QPQ done, and I don't see any other issues that would prevent this from being listed on the main page. Good to go!--SkyGazer 512 Oh no, what did I do this time? 14:03, 22 November 2018 (UTC)
