Kawinza
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Kawinza | |
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Village | |
  Kawinza Location in Mali | |
| Coordinates: 15°46′48″N 4°31′21″W / 15.78000°N 4.52250°W | |
| Country |  Mali |
| Region | Tombouctou |
| Cercle | Niafunké |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Kawinza is a village and archaeological site in Niafunké Cercle, Timbuktu Region, Mali. It was excavated extensively from 1984 by Téréba Togola, Michael Rainbault and Roderick and Susan McIntosh.[1] Pottery such as vases and fragments were discovered in January of that year.[2] They discovered tumuli here in 1986 and also in Toyla and Tissalaten.[3] The Kawinza tumuli are dated to 670–880 AD. [4]
