Tissalaten
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Tissalaten | |
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  Tissalaten Location in Mali | |
| Coordinates: 15°54′0″N 4°21′30″W / 15.90000°N 4.35833°W | |
| Country |  Mali |
| Region | Tombouctou |
| Cercle | Niafunké |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
Tissalaten is an archaeological site in Niafunké Cercle, Timbuktu Region, Mali, not far from Lake Soumpi.[1] It was excavated extensively in the 1980s by Téréba Togola, Michael Rainbault and Roderick and Susan McIntosh.[2] They discovered tumuli here in 1986 dated to 1030–1220 AD.[3][4][5]
