UCL Institute of Archaeology

• BSc, MA, DPhil
• ERC Research Associate, EUROEVOL Project

Research Interests

• Zooarchaeology - livestock intensification and the ecology of early herding regions, human-animal interactions in prehistory, geometric morphometric methods in archaeozoology
• Palaeoecology - the contribution of livestock pastoralism to Holocene climate change.
• Later prehistory of the Sahara-Sahel borderlands
• Database management

Research Directory Records

• Cultural Evolution of Neolithic Europe (EUROEVOL)
  
• Lower Tilemsi Valley Project
• Making a Good Impression: 5000 years of pottery from the Sahara Sahel Borderlands
• Merowe Dam Archaeological Project
• Origins and Spread of Stock-Keeping in the Near East and Europe

Collaborations

• International Research Network ' Making a Good Impression. 5000 Years of Pottery from the Sahara Sahel borderlands' with Dr Anne Haour (University of East Anglia). The resultant publication has been nominated for the International Tribal Art book award, sponsored by Sotheby's and Tribal Art Magazine.
• British Museum - Meroe Dam Rescue Project 2004 - present. Zooarchaeologist
• The Dia archaeological project, Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden and the Université du Mali 2002-2003- Zooarchaeologist

Education

• 2005-8: DPhil, University of Oxford
  Thesis title: Mobility, Climate Change and Cultural Development. A revised view from the Lower Tilemsi Valley, northeastern Mali
• 2002-3: MA Archaeology University College London
  Thesis title: Analysis of the animal remains from Dia Shoma and Dia Mara (c. 800BC – 900AD) with notes on issues of sampling bias.
• 1999–2002: BSc Archaeology University College London
  Dissertation: Analysis of the mammalian, avian, reptilian, and fish remains from Dia Shoma (Mali). A model for symbiotic economies in West Africa’s oldest known city.

Books

• Haour, A. and Manning, K. (2011). Identity, Fashion and Exchange. Pottery production in West Africa. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa Special Issue 46:1
  
• Haour, A., Manning, K., Arazi, N., Gosselain, O., Gueye, S., Keita, D., Livingstone-Smith, A., MacDonald, K., Mayor, A. K., McIntosh, S.K., Vernet, R. (eds.) African impressed pottery: roulette decoration past and present. Oxbow: Oxford.

Journal Articles

• Manning, K. (2011 In Press). The first herders of the West African Sahel: inter-site comparative analysis of zooarchaeological data from the Lower Tilemsi Valley, Mali. Journal of African Archaeology Monograph Series
• Manning, K. (2011). Potter Communities and Technological Tradition in the Lower Tilemsi Valley, Mali. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa 46: 1, 70-87
• Fuller, D., Van Etten, J., Manning, K.,Catillo, C., Kingwell-Banham, E., Weisskopf, A., Qin, L. (2011) The contribution of rice agriculture and livestock pastoralism to prehistoric methane levels: an archaeological assessment. The Holocene 21(5): 743-759.
• Conolly, J., Colledge, S., Dobney, K., Vigne, J.-D., Peters, J., Stopp, B., Manning, K. and Shennan, S. (2011) Meta-analysis of zooarchaeological data from SW Asia and SE Europe provides insight into the origins and spread of animal husbandry. Journal of Archaeological Science 38(3): 538-545.
• Manning, K., Pelling, R., Higham, T., Schwenninger, J-L., and Fuller, D. (2011) 4500-year old Domesticated Pearl Millet (Pennisetumglaucum) from the Tilemsi Valley, Mali: new insights into an alternative cereal domestication pathway in Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science 38(2): 312-322.
• Manning, K. (2008) Mobility amongst LSA Sahelian pastoral groups. A view from the Lower Tilemsi Valley, Eastern Mali. Archaeological Review from Cambridge 23 (2):125-145
• Finucane, B., Manning, K. and Touré, M. (2008) Late Stone Age subsistence in the Tilemsi Valley, Mali. Stable isotope analysis of human and animal remains from the site of Karkarichinkat Nord (KN05) and KarkarichinkatSud (KS05). Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 27:82-92
• Finucane, B., Manning, K. and Touré, M. (2008) Prehistoric Dental Modification in West Africa: Early Evidence from Karkarichinkat Nord, Mali. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 18 (6): 632-640

Book Chapters

• Manning, K. (2010). A developmental history of West African agriculture. In P. Allsworth Jones (ed.) West African Archaeology: New Developments, New Perspectives. BAR International Series 2164.Archaeopress: Oxford. 
• Arazi, N. and Manning, K. (2010). Twisted cord roulette/Roulette de cordelettetorsadée. In Haour, A., Manning, K., Arazi, N., Gosselain, O., Gueye, S., Keita, D., Livingstone-Smith, A., MacDonald, K., Mayor, A. K., McIntosh, S.K., Vernet, R. (eds.) African impressed pottery: roulette decoration past and present. Oxbow: Oxford.
• Gosselain, O., Haour, A., MacDonald, K. and Manning, K. (2010) Introduction. In Haour, A., Manning, K., Arazi, N., Gosselain, O., Gueye, S., Keita, D., Livingstone-Smith, A., MacDonald, K., Mayor, A. K., McIntosh, S.K., Vernet, R. (eds.) African impressed pottery: roulette decoration past and present. Oxbow: Oxford.
• MacDonald, K. and Manning, K. (2010). Cord-wrapped roulette/Roulette de cordeletteenroulée. In Haour, A., Manning, K., Arazi, N., Gosselain, O., Gueye, S., Keita, D., Livingstone-Smith, A., MacDonald, K., Mayor, A. K., McIntosh, S.K., Vernet, R. (eds.) African impressed pottery: roulette decoration past and present. Oxbow: Oxford.
• Manning, K. and MacDonald, K. (2005) Analyse des restesd’animauxcollectés à Dia. In R. Bedaux, J. Polet, K. Sanogo and A. Schmidt (eds.) Recherchesarchéologiques à Diadans le Delta Intérieur du Niger (Mali): Bilan des Saisons de Fouilles 1998 – 2003. CNWS publications: Leiden, pp.363 – 396

Book Reviews

• Manning, K (2009) Book review. AdrarBous. Archaeology of a Central Saharan Granitic Ring Complex in Niger. Journal of African Archaeology 7 (2): 297-29
• Manning, K (2009) Book review. Domestic livestock, subsistence strategies and environmental changes in Sahelian West Africa during the past 4000 years: evidence from archaeofaunal remains. By VeerleLinseele. Azania: Archaeological research in Africa 44 (2): 302-303