Prof  Timothy Insoll - Publications

Authored book

• Insoll, T., MacLean, R., and Kankpeyeng, B. Temporalising Anthropology. Archaeology in the Talensi Tong Hills. Frankfurt: Africa Magna Verlag, 2013. eScholarID:138904
• Insoll, T. Theoretical Explorations in African Archaeology. Contexts, Materials, Persons, and Animals. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. eScholarID:138905
• MacLean, R., and Insoll, T. An Archaeological Guide to Bahrain. Oxford: Archeopress, 2011. eScholarID:118856
• Insoll, T. Archaeology. The Conceptual Challenge. Debates in Archaeology. London: Duckworth, 2007. eScholarID:71079
• Insoll, T. Islam Arkeolojisi. Turkish Translation of The Archaeology of Islam. Istanbul: Homer Kitabery Ve Yayincilik Ltd, 2007. eScholarID:71080
• Insoll, T (with. The Land of Enki in the Islamic Era. Pearls, Palms and Religious Identity in Bahrain. London: Kegan Paul, 2005. eScholarID:71111
• Insoll, T. Archaeology, Ritual, Religion. London: Routledge, 2004. eScholarID:176078
• Insoll, T. The Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. eScholarID:176080
• Insoll, T. (with other contributions). Urbanism, Archaeology and Trade. Further Observations on the Gao Region (Mali). The 1996 Fieldseason Results. BAR S829. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, 2000. eScholarID:176082
• Insoll, T. The Archaeology of Islam. Social Archaeology Series. Oxford: Blackwell, 1999. eScholarID:176084
• Insoll, T. Islam, Archaeology and History. Gao Region (Mali) C.Ad 900-1250. BAR S647. Oxford: Tempus Reparatum, 1996. eScholarID:176086

Edited book

• Insoll, T. ed. Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. eScholarID:118857
• Insoll, T. ed. Current Archaeological Research in Ghana. Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology 74. BARS1847. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2008. eScholarID:71093
• Insoll, T. ed. The Archaeology of Identities. A Reader. Abingdon: Routledge, 2007. eScholarID:71081
• Insoll, T. ed. Belief in the Past. The Proceedings of the 2002 Manchester Conference on Archaeology and Religion. BAR S1212. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2004. eScholarID:176091
• Insoll, T. ed. Archaeology and World Religion. London: Routledge, 2001. eScholarID:176093
• Insoll, T. ed. Case Studies in Archaeology and World Religion. The Proceedings of the Cambridge Conference. BAR S755. Oxford: Archaeopress, 1999. eScholarID:176094
• Insoll, T., and MacLean, M.R. ed. 'Archaeology out of Africa'. Current Theoretical Perspectives in African Archaeology. Archaeological Review from Cambridge 13(1). Cambridge: Archaeological Review from Cambridge, 1994. eScholarID:176095

Book contribution

• Insoll, T. ""Ritual Failure: Archaeological Perspectives". Introductory Thoughts on the Theme." In Ritual Failure. Archaeological Perspectives, Leiden: Sidestone Press, In P. eScholarID:172891
• Insoll, T. "Constructing Ancestors in Sub-Saharan Africa." In Death Shall Have No Dominion: The Archaeology of Mortality and Immortality, Cambridge: McDonald Institute, In P. eScholarID:172890
• Insoll, T., and Kankpeyeng, B. "Reconstructing the Archaeology of Movement in Northern Ghana. Insights into Past Ritual, Posture and Performance?." In Materialities, Meanings and Modernities of Rituals in the Black Atlantic, ed. Ogundiran, A., and Saunders, P, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, In P. eScholarID:118852
• Insoll, T. "The Archaeology of Ritual and Religions in Sub-Saharan Africa." In Oxford Handbook of African Archaeology, ed. Lane, P., and Mitchell, P, Oxford: Oxford University Press, In P. eScholarID:118853
• Insoll, T. "Cosmopolitan islamic Bahrain (8th-14th Centuries AD). Unpicking the Threads via Archaeology." In Proceedings of the International Conference. 20 Years of Bahrain Archaeology, 1986-2006, ed. Lombard, K, Manama: Bahrain National Museum, In P. eScholarID:71103
• Insoll, T., Kankpeyeng, B., and Nkumbaan, S. "Fragmentary Ancestors? Medicine, Bodies and Persons in a Koma Mound, Northern Ghana." In Archaeology of Spiritualities, ed. Rountree, K., Morris, C., and Peatfield, A, 25-45. New York: Springer, 2012. eScholarID:172991
• Insoll, T. "The Hajj from West Africa." In Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam, ed. Porter, V, 158-159. London: British Museum Press, 2012. eScholarID:173005
• Insoll, T. "Introduction. Ritual and Religion in Archaeological Perspective." In Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion, ed. Insoll, T, 1-5. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. eScholarID:173002
• Insoll, T. "Islamic Medieval Empires of West Africa: Ghana, Mali, and Songhai." In Gold, Slaves, and Ivory. Medieval Empires in Northern Nigeria, ed. Gronenborn, D, 26-33. Mainz: Verlag des Romisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums, 2011. eScholarID:172998
• Insoll, T. "Ancestor Cults." In Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion, ed. Insoll, T, 1043-1058. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. eScholarID:71107
• Insoll, T. "Animism and Totemism." In Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion, ed. Insoll, T, 1004-1016. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. eScholarID:71108
• Insoll, T. "Sacrifice." In Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion, ed. Insoll, T, 151-165. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. eScholarID:71109
• Insoll, T. "Sub-Saharan Africa." In Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion, ed. Insoll, T, 425-441. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. eScholarID:71110
• Insoll, T. "Pots and Earth Cults. The Context and Materiality of Archaeological Ceramics amongst the Talensi of Northern Ghana." In Heureux qui comme Ulysses a fait un Beau Voyage: The Movements of People in Time and Space, ed. Naguib, N., and De Vries, B, 93-112. Bergen: Bric Press, 2010. eScholarID:118855
• Insoll, T. "Water and the Construction of Social and Religious Identities in West Africa. An Archaeological Perspective." In Water, Culture and Identity, ed. Oestigaard, T, 189-212. Bergen: Bric Press, 2009. eScholarID:71102
• Insoll, T Kankpeyeng. "The Archaeology of Shrines among the Tallensi of Northern Ghana: Materiality and Interpretative Relevance." In Shrines in Africa, ed. Dawson, A, 41-70. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2009. eScholarID:71101
• Insoll, T. "Archaeology in the University of Ghana, Legon. A Survey of Emic Perspectives on its Profile and Future, with an Etic Commentary." In Current Archaeological Research in Ghana, ed. Insoll, T, 1-12. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2008. eScholarID:71094
• Insoll, T. "Placing the Tongo Hills, Northern Ghana, in Archaeological Time and Space: Reflexivity and the Research Process." In Current Archaeological Research in Ghana, ed. Insoll, T, 85-94. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2008. eScholarID:71095
• Insoll, T. "Changing Identities in the Arabian Gulf: Archaeology, Religion, and Ethnicity in Context." In The Archaeology of Identities. A reader, ed. Insoll, T, 308-325. Abingdon: Routledge, 2007. eScholarID:71084
• Insoll, T. "Five Section Introductions - General Perspectives, Ethnicity and Nationalism; Gender and Age; Sexuality; The Body; Class, Caste, Ideology, and Religion." In The Archaeology of Identities. A Reader, ed. Insoll, T, 21-22, 75-76, 121-123, 177-178, 227-229. Abingdon: Routledge, 2007. eScholarID:71085
• Insoll, T. "Introduction - Configuring Identities in Archaeology." In The Archaeology of Identities. A Reader, ed. Insoll, T, 1-18. Abingdon: Routledge, 2007. eScholarID:71083
• Insoll, T. "'Totems', 'Ancestors', and 'Animism'. The Archaeology of Ritual, Shrines and Sacrifice amongst the Tallensi of Northern Ghana." In Cult in Context, ed. Barrowclough, C, 326-33. Oxford: Oxbow, 2007. eScholarID:71082
• Insoll, T. "Islamic Archaeology and the Sahara." In The Libyan Desert: Natural Resources and Cultural Heritage, ed. Mattingly, D, 191-209. London: Society for Libyan Studies, 2006. eScholarID:71077
• Fraser, S Polya. "Preliminary Work for the LA-ICP-MS of Carnelian Archaeological Artefacts." In Plasma Source Mass Spectrometry, ed. Holland, D, 213-224. Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing, 2005. eScholarID:71068
• Insoll, T. "Archaeology of Cult and Religion." In Archaeology: The Key Concepts, ed. Renfrew, P, 45-49. London: Routledge, 2005. eScholarID:71072
• Insoll, T. "Changing Identities in the Arabian Gulf: Archaeology, Religion, and Ethnicity in Context." In The Archaeology of Plural and Changing Identities, ed. Conlin Casella, C, 191-209. New York: Kluwer/Plenum, 2005. eScholarID:71071
• Insoll, T. "A True Picture? Colonial and other Historical Archaeologies." In African Historical Archaeologies, ed. Reid, A., and Lane, P, 163-187. New York: Kluwer/Plenum Press, 2004. eScholarID:176128
• Insoll, T. "Are Archaeologists Afraid of Gods? Some Thoughts on Archaeology and Religion." In Belief in the Past. The Proceedings of the 2002 Manchester Conference on Archaeology and Religion, ed. Insoll, T, 1-6. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2004. eScholarID:176110
• Insoll, T. "Syncretism, Time, and Identity: Islamic Archaeology in West Africa." In Changing Social Identity with the Spread of Islam. Archaeological Perspectives, ed. Whitcomb, D, 89-101. Chicago: Oriental Institute, 2004. eScholarID:176103
• Insoll, T. "Timbuktu the less Mysterious?." In Researching Africa's Past. New Contributions from British Archaeologists, ed. Mitchell, P., Haour, A., and Hobart, J, 81-88. Oxford: Oxbow, 2004. eScholarID:176104
• Insoll, T. ""Africa"." In The Times Medieval World Atlas, ed. McKitterick, R, 192-193. London: HarperCollins, 2003. eScholarID:176130
• Insoll, T. "Islam and the New States of Africa." In The Times Medieval World Atlas, ed. McKitterick, R, 268-269. London: HarperCollins, 2003. eScholarID:176131
• Insoll, T. "Introduction. The Archaeology of World Religion." In Archaeology and World Religion, ed. Insoll, T, 1-32. London: Routledge, 2001. eScholarID:176133
• Insoll, T. "The Archaeology of Islam." In Archaeology and World Religion, ed. Insoll, T, 123-147. London: Routledge, 2001. eScholarID:176136
• Insoll, T. "Timbuktu and Europe: Trade, Cities, and Islam in "Medieval" West Africa." In The Medieval World, ed. Linehan, P. and Nelson, J, 469-484. London: Routledge, 2001. eScholarID:176132
• Insoll, T. "Introduction. Research Foci in Archaeology and World Religions." In Case Studies in Archaeology and World Religion. The Proceedings of the Cambridge Conference, ed. Insoll, T, 1-4. Oxford: Archaeopress, 1999. eScholarID:176106
• Insoll, T. "Mud Mosques of Timbuktu." In Great Builders of the Past, ed. Scarre, C, 143-146. London: Thames and Hudson, 1999. eScholarID:176137
• Insoll, T. "An Archaeological Reconnaissance made to Dahlak Kebir, the Dahlak Islands, Eritrea: Preliminary Observations." In Ethiopia in Broader Perspective: Papers of the 13th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, ed. Fukui, K., Kurimoto, E. and Shigeta, M, 383-388. Kyoto: Shokado Book Sellers, 1997. eScholarID:176112
• Insoll, T. "Settlement and Trade in Gao, Mali." In Aspects of African Archaeology. Papers from the 10th Pan-African Association for Prehistory and Related Studies, ed. Pwiti, G., and Soper, R, 663-669. Harare: University of Zimbabwe Publications, 1996. eScholarID:176108

Journal article

• Fraser, S., Insoll, T., Thompson, A., and van Dongen, B. "Organic Geochemical Analysis of Archaeological Medicine Pots from Northern Ghana: The Multi-Functionality of Pottery." Journal of Archaeological Science 39(2012) . eScholarID:172888 | DOI:10.1016/j.jas.2012.03.015
• Kankpeyeng, B., Nkumbaan, S., and Insoll, T. "Indigenous Cosmology, Art Forms and Medicinal Practices: Towards an Interpretation of Ancient Koma Land Sites in Northern Ghana." Anthropology and Medicine 18, no. 2(2011) . eScholarID:118851 | DOI:10.1080/13648470.2011.591197
• Insoll, T. "Introduction. Shrines, Substances and Medicine in Sub-Saharan Africa: Archaeological, Anthropological and Historical Perspectives." Anthropology and Medicine 18(2011) : 145-166. eScholarID:138903 | DOI:10.1080/13648470.2011.591193
• Insoll, T. "Introduction. Shrines, Substances and Medicine in Sub-Saharan Africa: Archaeological, Anthropological, and Historical Perspectives." Anthropology and Medicine 18, no. 2(2011) . eScholarID:118849 | DOI:10.1080/13648470.2011.591193
• "Substance and Materiality? The Archaeology of Talensi Medicine Shrines and Medicine Practices." Anthropology and Medicine 18, no. 2(2011) . eScholarID:118845
• Van Dongen, B., Fraser, S., and Insoll, T. "The Composition and Origin of Ghana Medicine Clays." Anthropology and Medicine 18, no. 2(2011) . eScholarID:118850
• Kankpeyeng, B., Insoll, T., and MacLean, R. "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(2010) : 87-102. eScholarID:118848
• "Talensi Animal Sacrifice and its Archaeological Implications." World Archaeology 42(2010) : 231-244. eScholarID:118847 | DOI:10.1080/00438241003672856
• Insoll, T. "Meyer Fortes and Material Culture. The Published Image and the Unpublished Resource." Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 16(2010) : 572-587. eScholarID:71104 | DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9655.2010.01640.x
• Insoll, T. "Materialising Performance and Ritual: Decoding the Archaeology of Shrines in Northern Ghana." Material Religion 5(2009) : 288-311. eScholarID:71106 | DOI:10.2752/175183409X12550007729905
• Insoll, T. "Materiality, Belief, Ritual - Archaeology and Material Religion. An Introduction." Material Religion 5(2009) : 260-265. eScholarID:71105 | DOI:10.2752/175183409X12550007729824
• Kankpeyeng, B, Insoll, T, and MacLean, R. "The Tension between Communities, Development and Archaeological Heritage Preservation: The Case Study of Tengzug Cultural Landscape, Ghana." Heritage Management 2(2009) : 177-198. eScholarID:71112
• Insoll, T. "Negotiating the Archaeology of Destiny. An Exploration of Interpretive Possibilities through Tallensi Shrines." Journal of Social Archaeology 8(2008) : 380-403. eScholarID:71096 | DOI:10.1177/1469605308095010
• Insoll, T MacLean. "Excavations and Surveys in the Tongo Hills, Upper East Region, and Birifor, Upper West Region, Ghana, March-April 2008." Nyame Akuma 69(2008) : 11-22. eScholarID:71099
• Insoll, T. "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(2007) : 138-158. eScholarID:71086 | DOI:10.1080/00293650701708883
• Insoll, T Kankpeyeng. "Excavations and Surveys in the Tongo Hills, Upper East Region, Ghana, July 2006. A Preliminary Fieldwork Report." Nyame Akuma 67(2007) : 44-59. eScholarID:71090
• Insoll, T. "Shrine Franchising and the Neolithic in the British Isles: Some Observations based upon the Tallensi, Northern Ghana." Cambridge Archaeological Journal 16(2006) : 223-238. eScholarID:71076 | DOI:10.1017/S0959774306000138
• Insoll, T. "A Dilmun Temple in Bilad al-Qadim, Bahrain: A preliminary Indication?" Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 16(2005) : 79-81. eScholarID:71074 | DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0471.2005.00043.x
• Insoll, T. "Archaeology and Islamic Identities in Bahrain." Antiquity 79, no. 601-608(2005) . eScholarID:71070
• Insoll, T. "The Archaeology of Disease: Molluscs as Potential Disease Indicators in Bahrain." World Archaeology 37(2005) : 579-588. eScholarID:71069 | DOI:10.1080/00438240500411230
• Insoll, T Kankpeyeng. "Excavations and Surveys in the Tongo Hills, Upper East Region, Ghana. July 2005. Fieldwork Report." Nyame Akuma 64(2005) : 16-23. eScholarID:71073
• Insoll, T., Kankpeyeng, B., and MacLean, R. "An Archaeological Reconnaissance in the Tong Hills and Garu Area, Upper East Region, and Nakpanduri, Northern Region, Ghana." Nyame Akuma no. 62(2004) : 25-33. eScholarID:177026
• Insoll, T. "Archaeology and the Reconstruction of Religious Identity in Africa (and Beyond)." Azania 39(2004) : 195-202. eScholarID:176139 | DOI:10.1080/00672700409480398
• Insoll, T., Polya, D., Bhan, K., Irving, D. and Jarvis, K. "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(2004) : 1161-1173. eScholarID:176140 | DOI:10.1016/j.jas.2004.02.007
• MacLean, R. and Insoll, T. "Archaeology, Luxury, and the Exotic. The Examples of Islamic Bahrain, and Gao, Mali." World Archaeology 34(2003) : 558-570. eScholarID:176142 | DOI:10.1080/0043824021000026512
• Insoll, T. "The Archaeology of Post Medieval Timbuktu." Sahara 13(2002) : 7-22. eScholarID:176145
• Insoll, T. "Dahlak Kebir, Eritrea. From Aksumite to Ottoman." Adumatu 3(2001) : 39-50. eScholarID:176152
• Insoll, T. "The Cambridge Mosque and Muslim Community." Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society 150(2001) : 127-132. eScholarID:176149
• MacLean, R. and Insoll, T. "The Social Context of Food Technology in Iron Age Gao, Mali." World Archaeology 31(1999) : 78-92. eScholarID:176155
• Insoll, T. "Archaeological Research in Timbuktu, Mali." Antiquity 72(1998) : 413-417. eScholarID:176844
• Insoll, T. "Islamic Glass from Gao, Mali." Journal of Glass Studies 40(1998) : 77-88. eScholarID:176843
• Insoll, T. and Shaw, T. "Gao and Igbo-Ukwu: Beads, Inter-Regional Trade and Beyond." African Archaeological Review 14(1997) : 9-23. eScholarID:176852
• Insoll, T. "Iron Age Gao: An Archaeological Contribution." Journal of African History 38(1997) : 1-30. eScholarID:176847
• Insoll, T. "Mosque Architecture in Buganda, Uganda." Muqarnas 14(1997) : 179-188. eScholarID:176849
• Insoll, T. "The Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review." Journal of World Prehistory 10(1996) : 439-504. eScholarID:176853
• Insoll, T. "A Cache of Hippopotamus Ivory at Gao, Mali; and a Hypothesis about its Use." Antiquity 69(1995) : 327-336. eScholarID:176856
• Insoll, T. "The External Creation of the Western Sahel's Past: The Use and Abuse of the Arabic Sources." Archaeological Review from Cambridge 13(1994) : 39-49. eScholarID:176860
• Insoll, T. "A Note on a Sewn Canoe in use at Gao, the Republic of Mali." International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 22(1993) : 345-350. eScholarID:176864
• Insoll, T. "Looting the Antiquities of Mali: The Story Continues at Gao." Antiquity 67(1993) : 628-632. eScholarID:176863

Journal contribution

• Insoll, T. "The New Hakodate Jomon Culture Centre, Minamikayabe, Japan." Material Religion 8(2012) : 262-264. eScholarID:172892
• Insoll, T. "Disentangling Histories." Archaeological Dialogues 17(2010) : 30-33. eScholarID:172894
• Insoll, T. "The Archaeology of Medicine Shrines and Substances in Northern Ghana." Wellcome History 45(2010) : 15-16. eScholarID:172895
• Insoll, T. "Reconstructing Early Islamic Bahrain." Bulletin of the Society for Arabian Studies 8(2003) : 22-23. eScholarID:176884
• Insoll, T. "Three Gold Dinars from Bahrain." Numismatic Chronicle None Issued(2003) : 395-398. eScholarID:176881
• Insoll, T. "Early Islamic Bahrain." Antiquity 76(2002) : 329-330. eScholarID:176886
• Insoll, T. and Bhan, K. "Carnelian Mines in Gujarat." Antiquity 75(2001) : 495-496. eScholarID:176888
• Insoll, T. "India and Africa: A Survey of Cornelian Mines in Gujarat." The Beads Study Trust Newsletter no. 38(2001) : 7-10. eScholarID:177027
• Insoll, T. "The Origins of Timbuktu." Antiquity 74(2000) : 495-496. eScholarID:177028
• Insoll, T. "A Note of a Late Eleventh - Early Twelfth Century Sherd of Southern Chinese Celadon Found at Timbuktu." The Oriental Ceramic Society Newsletter 6(1998) : 18-19. eScholarID:177029
• Roy, B., and Insoll, T. "The Beads from the 1996 Excavation Season in Gao, Mali." The Beads Study Trust Newsletter no. 32(1998) : 4-7. eScholarID:177030
• Insoll, T. "Archaeological Research in Gao and Timbuktu. October and November 1996." Saharan Studies Association Newsletter 5(1997) : 14-19. eScholarID:177031
• Insoll, T. "Ngandu and Ngambezi, Two Sites in North-Western Tanzania associated with the Expedition of John Hanning Speke 1861-1863." Azania 32(1997) : 109-112. eScholarID:177032
• Insoll, T. "A 16th-17th Century AD Sherd of Chinese Stoneware found at Gao, the Republic of Mali." The Oriental Ceramic Society Newsletter 3(1995) : 11-13. eScholarID:177033
• Insoll, T. "The Illicit Bead Trade in Gao, the Republic of Mali." The Bead Forum, Newsletter of the Society of Bead Researchers no. 24(1994) : 6-10. eScholarID:177035

Newspaper/magazine contribution

• Insoll, T. and Kankpeyeng, B. "Archaeology in Komaland and the Koma Figurines." The 153 Club Newsletter no. 125(2010) : 9-12. eScholarID:119351
• Insoll, T. "Timbuktu." Current World Archaeology 32(2008) . eScholarID:71100
• Insoll, T, Kankpeyeng, B, and MacLean, R. "Shrines, Rituals, and Archaeology in Northern Ghana." Current World Archaeology 26(2007) . eScholarID:71091
• Insoll, T. "Timbuktu. A Mystery Preserved under Mud, Sand and Camel Dung." British Archaeology no. July/August(2007) . eScholarID:71092
• Insoll, T. "Tallensi Shrines and the Tongo Hills, Northern Ghana." The 153 Club newsletter 108(2006) . eScholarID:71078
• Insoll, T. "Bahrain." Current World Archaeology no. 6(2004) : 56-61. eScholarID:177036