Linguistic evidence for the chronological ... - Roger Blench

Roger Blench Stratification of populations south of Lake Chad Draft for Conference Circulation
groups yields surprisingly little evidence of interchange, and this suggests populations keeping to their own
subsistence niches to a great extent. Archaeology of the region is very much skewed by a richer knowledge of
sites immediately adjacent to Lake Chad while materials further south are very much more limited . Chadic
subsistence vocabulary is quite well-known, but it is yet to be compiled for most Adamawa languages. The key
to a more in-depth understanding will be further work in these fields as well as explorations of DNA and
material culture.
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