| 词条 | Bura archaeological site |
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The archeological site of Bura is located in the Tillabéry Region, of the Tera Department, in southwest Niger. The Bura archeological site has given its name to the area's first-millennium Bura culture. Site descriptionThe Bura site consists of many individual necropoleis with coffins crested by unusually-distinctive terra cotta statuettes. The main necropolis itself has a diameter of about one kilometer. Burial mounds, religious altars, and ancient dwellings occur here over a large area. In 1983 a site 25 meters by 20 meters was excavated. Artifacts and lootingFollowing the 1975 discovery and 1983 excavation of the Bura archeological site, and after a Bura-Asinda exhibition toured France in the 1990s, the ancient Bura earthenware statuettes became highly valued by collectors.[1] The clay and stone anthropomorphic heads of the ancient and medieval Bura culture have been sought for their unusual abstraction and simplicity.[2] Unfortunately, widespread looting and smuggling has followed this commercial demand, and so many of the Bura culture sites have been negatively impacted.[3] Le Monde concludes that "90 percent of Niger's Bura sites have been damaged" by looters and vandals since 1994.[4] Other Bura artifacts have been large terracotta burial jars (both tubular and ovoid) and varied funerary pottery. Of the 834 Bura-related sites in the Niger River valley, UNESCO reports that the original Bura archeological site has produced the oldest equestrian clay statues.[5] More recently, many Bura "rat-tail" iron-age spear-points have also entered the Euro-American collectors market.[6] World Heritage statusThis site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on May 26, 2006 in the Cultural category.[7] References1. ^Watson & Todeschini (2007) p344 {{coord missing|Niger}}2. ^Note the exhibits at the Hamill Gallery at {{cite web|url=http://www.hamillgallery.com/BURA |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-10-16 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807214209/http://www.hamillgallery.com/BURA/ |archivedate=2011-08-07 |df= }} and the Barakat Gallery at 3. ^{{cite book|last=Watson|first=Peter |author2=Cecilia Todeschini|title= The Medici Conspiracy: The Illicit Journey of Looted Antiquities, from Italy|publisher=PublicAffairs|year=2007|pages=30|isbn=1-58648-438-9}} 4. ^LeMonde in English 5. ^The Bura Archeological Site, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, translated into English 6. ^October 2009 e-mail correspondence with John M. Parker Sr., Riverside Company, in Dandridge, Tennessee, 7. ^Site archéologique de Bura - UNESCO World Heritage Centre 8 : History of Niger|Tillabéri Region|Prehistoric Africa|Countries in ancient Africa|Countries in medieval Africa|Archaeological sites in Niger|Tentative World Heritage Sites in Niger|2006 in Niger |
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