Publications (Books and Selected Downloadable Papers)

1) Books - Summaries, Sample Chapters, and Details (click here for details of my books, sample chapters, and links to purchase them if required) - SCROLL DOWN FOR SELECTED DOWNLOADABLE PAPERS.

2) Selected Papers - Index (the links indicate if the paper is available as a PDF downloadable here)

[1]. Koma figurine, Yikpabongo, Ghana (photo. T. Insoll). [2]. Quartz 'thunderstones', Lome fetish market, Togo (photo. T. Insoll). [3]. Detail of young adult burial, Tamboog, Tongo Hills, Ghana (photo. T. Insoll).

(Antiquities Looting/Africa/Mali/Gao). Insoll, T. 1993. Looting the Antiquities of Mali: The Story Continues at Gao. Antiquity 67: 628-32.

(Archaeological Materials/Coins/Bahrain). Insoll, T. 2003. Three Gold Dinars from Bahrain. Numismatic Chronicle: 395-8.

(Archaeological Materials/Glass/Africa/Mali). Insoll, T. 1998. Islamic Glass from Gao, Mali. Journal of Glass Studies 40: 77-88.

(Archaeological Materials/Trade/Africa/Beads). Insoll, T. and Thurstan Shaw. 1997. Gao and Igbo-Ukwu: Beads, Inter-Regional Trade and Beyond. African Archaeological Review 14: 9-23.

(Bahrain/Archaeology). Arabic Summary of Insoll, T. 2005. The Land of Enki in the Islamic Era. London: Kegan Paul.

(Boats/Ethnography). Insoll, T. 1993. A Note on a Sewn Canoe in use at Gao, the Republic of Mali. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 22: 345-350.

(Disease/Archaeology/Molluscs/Bahrain). Insoll, T. and Hutchins, E. 2005. The Archaeology of Disease: Molluscs as Potential Disease Indicators in Bahrain. World Archaeology 37: 579-88.

(Figurines/Komaland/Medicine/Shrines/Ghana). Kankpeyeng, B., Nkumbaan, S., and Insoll, T. In Press. Indigenous Cosmology, Art Forms and Past Medicinal Practices: Towards an Interpretation of Ancient Koma Land Sites in Northern Ghana. Anthropology and Medicine.

(Figurines/Komaland/Popular Archaeology/Ghana). Insoll, T., and Kankpeyeng, B. 2010. Archaeology in Komaland and the Koma Figurines. The 153 Club Newsletter 125: 9-12.

(Food/Cuisine/Africa/Mali/Gao). MacLean, R. and Insoll, T. 2003. Archaeology, Luxury, and the Exotic. The Examples of Islamic Bahrain, and Gao, Mali. World Archaeology 34: 558-70.

(Food/Cuisine/Africa/Mali/Gao). MacLean, R. and Insoll, T. 1999. The Social Context of Food Technology in Iron Age Gao, Mali. World Archaeology 31: 78-92.

(Heritage Studies/Ethics/Ghana). Kankpeyeng, B., Insoll, T., and MacLean, R. 2009. The Tension between Communities, Development, and Archaeological Heritage Preservation: The Case Study of Tengzug Cultural Landscape, Ghana. Heritage Management 2: 177-198.

(Heritage Studies/Economic Development/Ghana). Kankpeyeng, B., Insoll, T., and MacLean, R. 2010/2011. Identities and Archaeological Heritage Preservation at the Crossroads: Understanding the Challenges of Economic Development at Tengzug, Upper East Region, Ghana. Ghana Social Sciences Journal. 7: 87-102.

(History of Archaeology/Ghana). Insoll, T. 2008. Archaeology in the University of Ghana, Legon. A Survey of Emic Perspectives on its Profile and Future, with an Etic Commentary. (In), Insoll, T. (ed.). Current Archaeological Research In Ghana. Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology. BAR. Oxford: Archaeopress, pp. 1-12.

(Identities/Bahrain). Insoll, T. 2005. Archaeology and Islamic Identities in Bahrain. Antiquity 79: 601-8.

(Identities/Bahrain). Insoll, T. 2005. Changing Identities in the Arabian Gulf : Archaeology, Religion, and Ethnicity in Context. (In), Conlin Casella, E. and Fowler, C. (eds.), The Archaeology of Plural and Changing Identities. New York: Kluwer/Plenum, pp. 191-209.

(Identities/Religion/Africa). Insoll, T. 2004. Archaeology and the Reconstruction of Religious Identity in Africa (and Beyond). Azania 39: 195-202.

(Identities/West Africa). Insoll, T. 2004. Syncretism, Time, and Identity: Islamic Archaeology in West Africa. (In), Whitcomb, D. (ed.), Changing Social Identity with the Spread of Islam. Archaeological Perspectives. Chicago: Oriental Institute, pp. 89-101.

(Ironworking/Occupation/Ritual/Burial/Ghana/Fieldwork). Insoll, T., MacLean, R. and Kankpeyeng, B. 2008. Excavations and Surveys in the Tongo Hills, Upper East Region, and Birifor, Upper West Region, Ghana. March-April 2008. A Preliminary Fieldwork Report. Nyame Akuma 69: 11-22.

(Islamic Archaeology/Sahara). Insoll, T. 2006. Islamic Archaeology and the Sahara. (In), Mattingly, D. et al. (eds.), The Libyan Desert: Natural Resources and Cultural Heritage. London: Society for Libyan Studies, pp. 223-38.

(Islamic Archaeology/Uganda). Insoll, T. 1997. Mosque Architecture in Buganda, Uganda. Muqarnas 14: 179-88.

(Material Culture/History of Anthropology). Insoll, T. 2010. Meyer Fortes and Material Culture. The Published Image and the Unpublished Resource. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute NS: 572-587.

(Medicine/Shrines/Archaeology/Africa). Insoll, T. In Press. Introduction. Shrines, Substances and Medicine in Sub-Saharan Africa: Archaeological, Anthropological, and Historical Perspectives. Anthropology and Medicine.

(Medicine/Shrines/Archaeology/Ghana/Talensi). Insoll, T. In Press. Substance and Materiality? The Archaeology of Talensi Medicine Shrines and Medicinal Practices. Anthropology and Medicine.

(Medicine/Shrines/Source Analysis/Ghana). Van Dongen, B., Fraser, S., and Insoll, T. In Press. The Composition and Origin of Ghana Medicine Clays. Anthropology and Medicine.

(Religions/Prehistoric/Bahrain/Temples). Insoll, T. 2005. A Dilmun Temple in Bilad al-Qadim, Bahrain: A Preliminary Indication? Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 16: 79-81.

(Religions/World/Review/Methodology/Theory). Insoll, T. 2001. Introduction. The Archaeology of World Religion. (In), Insoll, T. (ed.). Archaeology and World Religion. London: Routledge, pp. 1-32.

(Ritual/Performance/Posture/Movement/Koma Figurines/Ghana) Insoll, T. and Kankpeyeng, B. In Press. Reconstructing the Archaeology of Movement in Northern Ghana. Insights into Past Ritual, Posture, and Performance? (In), Ogundiran, A., and Saunders, P. (eds.), Materialities, Meanings, and Modernities of Rituals in the Black Atlantic. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

(Ritual/Religions/Ancestor Cults). Insoll, T. In Press. "Ancestor Cults". (In), Insoll, T. (ed.). Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

(Ritual/Religions/Animism/Totemism). Insoll, T. In Press. "Animism and Totemism". (In), Insoll, T. (ed.). Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

(Ritual/Religions/Sacrifice). Insoll, T. In Press. "Sacrifice". (In), Insoll, T. (ed.). Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

(Ritual/Religions/Sub-Saharan Africa). Insoll, T. In Press. "Sub-Saharan Africa". (In), Insoll, T. (ed.). Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

(Ritual/Sacrifice/Africa/Ghana). Insoll, T. 2010. Talensi Animal Sacrifice and its Archaeological Implications. World Archaeology 42: 231-244.

(Ritual/Shrines/British Neolithic/Analogy/Africa/Ghana). Insoll, T. 2006. Shrine Franchising and the Neolithic in the British Isles: Some Observations based upon the Tallensi, Northern Ghana. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 16: 223-38.

(Ritual/Shrines/Nature/Analogy/Phenomenology/Ghana/European Prehistory). Insoll, T. 2007. Natural or Human Spaces? Tallensi Sacred Groves and Shrines and their Potential Implications for Aspects of Northern European Prehistory and Phenomenological Interpretation. Norwegian Archaeological Review 40: 138-58.

(Ritual/Shrines/Destiny/Personhood/Analogy/Ghana). Insoll, T. 2008. Negotiating the Archaeology of Destiny. An Exploration of Interpretive Possibilities through Tallensi Shrines. Journal of Social Archaeology 8: 380-403.

(Ritual/Shrines/Africa/Ghana). Insoll, T., Kankpeyeng, B., and MacLean, R. 2009. The Archaeology of Shrines among the Tallensi of Northern  Ghana: Materiality and Interpretative Relevance. (In), Dawson, A. (ed.), Shrines in  Africa.  Calgary: The  University of Calgary Press, pp. 41-70.

(Ritual/Shrines/Earth Cults/Pots/Ghana). Insoll, T. 2010. Pots and Earth Cults. The Context and Materiality of Archaeological Ceramics Amongst the Talensi of Northern Ghana and their Interpretive Implications. (In), Naguib, N. and De Vries, B. (eds.), Movements of People in Time and Space. Bergen: Bric Press, pp. 93-112.

(Ritual/Shrines/Performance/Africa/Ghana). Insoll, T. 2009. Materialising Performance and Ritual: Decoding the Archaeology of Shrines in Northern Ghana. Material Religion 5: 288-311.

(Ritual/Shrines/Sacrifice/Africa/Ghana). Insoll, T. 2007. 'Totems', 'Ancestors', and 'Animism'. The Archaeology of Ritual, Shrines, and Sacrifice amongst the Tallensi of Northern Ghana. (In), Barrowclough, D., and Malone, C. (eds.), Cult in Context. Oxford: Oxbow Books, pp. 328-34.

(Shrines/Rituals/Ghana/Popular Archaeology). Insoll, T., Kankpeyeng, B., and MacLean, R. 2007. Shrines, Rituals, and Archaeology. Archaeology of the Tallensi, Northern Ghana. Current World Archaeology 26: 29-36.

(Shrines/Reflexivity/Archaeological Research Process/Ghana). Insoll, T. 2008. Placing the Tongo Hills, Northern Ghana, in Archaeological Time and Space: Reflexivity and the Research Process. (In), Insoll, T. (ed.). Current Archaeological Research In Ghana. Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology. BAR. Oxford: Archaeopress, pp. 85-94.

(Source Analysis/Trade/Africa/Hippopotamus Ivory). Insoll, T. 1995. A Cache of Hippopotamus Ivory at Gao, Mali; and a Hypothesis about its Use. Antiquity 69: 327-36.

(Source Analysis/Trade/India/Africa/Carnelian). Insoll, T., Polya, D., Bhan, K., Irving, D. and Jarvis, K. 2004. Towards an Understanding of the Carnelian Bead Trade from Western India to sub-Saharan Africa: The Application of UV-LA-ICP-MS to Carnelian from Gujarat, India, and West Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science 31: 1161-73.

(Theory/History/Africa). Insoll, T. 1994. The External Creation of the Western Sahel's Past: The Use and Abuse of the Arabic Sources. Archaeological Review from Cambridge 13: 39-49.

(Theory/Identities). Insoll, T. 2007. Configuring Identities in Archaeology. (In), Insoll, T. (ed.). The Archaeology of Identities. A Reader. London: Routledge, pp. 1-18.

(Theory/Religion). Insoll, T. 2005. Archaeology of Cult and Religion. (In), Renfrew, C. and Bahn, P. (eds.), Archaeology: The Key Concepts. London: Routledge, pp. 45-49.

(Theory/Religion). Insoll, T. 2004. Are Archaeologists Afraid of Gods? Some Thoughts on Archaeology and Religion. (In), Insoll, T. (ed.). Belief in the Past. The Proceedings of the 2002 Manchester Conference on Archaeology and Religion. BAR S1212. Oxford: Archaeopress, pp. 1-6.

(Urbanism/Africa/Eritrea/Dahlak Islands). Insoll, T. 2001. Dahlak Kebir, Eritrea. From Aksumite to Ottoman. Adumatu 3: 39-50.

(Urbanism/Africa/Mali/Gao). Insoll, T. 1997. Iron Age Gao: An Archaeological Contribution. Journal of African History 38 (1): 1-30.

(Urbanism/Africa/Mali/Timbuktu). Insoll, T. 1998. Archaeological Research in Timbuktu, Mali. Antiquity 72: 413-17.

(Urbanism/Africa/Mali/Timbuktu). Insoll, T. 2002. The Archaeology of Post Medieval Timbuktu. Sahara 13: 7-22.

(Urbanism/Africa/Mali/Timbuktu). Insoll, T. 2004. Timbuktu the less Mysterious? (In), Mitchell, P., Haour, A., and Hobart, J. (eds.), Researching Africa's Past. New Contributions from British Archaeologists. Oxford: Oxbow, pp. 81-88.

(Urbanism/Africa/West). Insoll, T. 2004. A True Picture? Colonial and other Historical Archaeologies. (In), Reid, A., and Lane, P. (eds.), African Historical Archaeologies. New York: Kluwer/Plenum Press, pp. 163-87.

(Water/Identities/Archaeology/Africa/West). Insoll, T. 2009. Water and the Construction of Social and Religious Identities in West Africa. An Archaeological Perspective. (In), Oestigaard, T. (ed.). Water, Culture and Identity. Bergen: Bric Press, pp. 189-212.