Excavation and research in sub-Saharan Africa and Bahrain
Academic background
Alma mater
University of Sheffield
St John's College, Cambridge
Thesis
Islam, archaeology and history, a complex relationship: the Gao Region (Mali) ca.AD 900–1250 (1995)
Academic work
Discipline
Archaeology
Sub-discipline
Archaeology of religions and rituals
Archaeology of Islam in Africa
African indigenous religions
Institutions
University of Cambridge
University of Manchester
University of Exeter
Timothy InsollFSA FBA (born 1967) is a British archaeologist and Africanist and Islamic Studies scholar. Since 2016 he has been Al-Qasimi Professor of African and Islamic Archaeology at the University of Exeter. He is also founder and director of the Centre for Islamic Archaeology.[1] Previously he was at the Department of Archaeology at the University of Manchester (1999–2016).[2]
His primary research specialism is in the archaeology of Islam and indigenous religions in sub-Saharan Africa.[2] His research has focused on the archaeological indicators of Islam, as well as indigenous beliefs associated with concepts such as ancestral veneration and sacrifice. He has engaged with STEM approaches throughout his research, and works closely with historical, ethnographic, and epigraphic materials. He has particular interests in the archaeological analysis of beads and bead materials.
He has curated several exhibitions and worked on theoretical approaches to the archaeological study of rituals and religions. He has also led research projects in Mali, Ghana, Ethiopia, and Bahrain, and completed other field and museum-based projects in Eritrea, India, Pemba Island, and Uganda.
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TimothyInsoll FSA FBA (born 1967) is a British archaeologist and Africanist and Islamic Studies scholar. Since 2016 he has been Al-Qasimi Professor of...
the original on February 15, 2017. Insoll, Professor of African and Islamic Archaeology Timothy; Insoll, Timothy (2002-09-11). Archaeology and World...
locates it as the region between Harar and Jaldessa. Archaeologist TimothyInsoll considers Harla town to be Hubat the capital of the now defunct Harla...
kingdom was succeeded by Harar city-state in the sixteenth century. TimothyInsoll identifies the Harlaa ruins to be Hubat the capital of the Harla state...
Archaeology at the University of Exeter, TimothyInsoll, has directed the Centre for Islamic Archaeology. Insoll is on the editorial board of the Journal...
been dismissed as "unsophisticated" and "erroneous" by archaeologist TimothyInsoll, who stated that "it removes complexity, a precondition of religion...
Times). New York: Oxford University Press. Lane, Kevin. (2011). Inca. In TimothyInsoll (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion. (pg...
Volum 3 – Page 198 The Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa By TimothyInsoll – Page 62 Gervase Mathew, "The East African Coast until the Coming of...
plantations and agricultural slavery were maintained. Author and historian TimothyInsoll wrote: "Figures record the exporting of 718,000 slaves from the Swahili...
of Religion and Ritual in the Prehistoric Japanese Archipelago,' in TimothyInsoll (ed.),The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion...
Turkey Madina, Saudi Arabia Saint Paul, Minnesota Almaty, Kazakhstan Insoll, Timothy (3 July 2003). The Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa. Cambridge...
traders operated under the leadership of Msiri and Mirambo. According to TimothyInsoll, "Figures record the exporting of 718,000 slaves from the Swahili coast...
Africa's people of the cliffs. New York: Abrams. ISBN 0-8109-4373-5 TimothyInsoll, The Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa (2003) Cambridge University...
18 October 2020. The Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa By TimothyInsoll Page 66 Medieval History, Volume 2 by Headstart History: "Marco Polo...
fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers15-08/010050354.pdf TimothyInsoll; Professor of African and Islamic Archaeology TimothyInsoll (3 July 2003). The Archaeology of Islam...
Aztec culture has been called Quetzalcoatl.: 797–798 However, states TimothyInsoll, the Aztec ideas of deity remain poorly understood. What has been assumed...
become the leading center of Islam in the Horn of Africa. Archaeologist TimothyInsoll discovered stoneware in Harla town resembling that found in Harar. According...
archaeologist TimothyInsoll strongly questions whether the Drachenloch finds in the stone cist were the result of human interaction. Insoll states that...
misinterpretation or naive reliance on Arabic sources. According to Professor TimothyInsoll, the archaeology of ancient Ghana simply does not show the signs of...
Culture, Volume I: To 1790. Cengage. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-618-00480-5. TimothyInsoll (2002). Archaeology and World Religion. Routledge. pp. 112–113. ISBN 978-1-134-59798-7...
(illustrated ed.). Indiana University Press. p. 79. ISBN 9780253312716. TimothyInsoll (2003). The Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa (illustrated ed...
Mapping Religious Trends In Africa - Dataset of Religious Affiliations TimothyInsoll. The Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa October 2019 talk by...
Chakravati, Dhilp (2001). Archaeology and World Religion (Editor: TimothyInsoll), Routledge, ISBN 0-415-22154-4, pp. 42–44. Tiwari, Jagdish Narain (1971)...
1998, p. 151 Dilip Chakravati in Archaeology and World Religion By TimothyInsoll, 2001, Routledge, ISBN 0-415-22154-4, pp.42–44 Kinsley 1998, p. 151...
have developed. Religious and social life are inseparable. However, TimothyInsoll (2004: 9) has argued that these categorizations arise from a much-critiqued...
Volum 3 - Page 198 The Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa By TimothyInsoll - Page 62 Gervase Mathew, "The East African Coast until the Coming of...
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