Toloy is the name given to the first occupants[1] of theBandiagara Escarpment inMali. Since the 15th century, this area has been known asDogon country.
The people were named after the rocky channel located nearSangha, where the remains of this population were found. Evidence of their culture includesgranaries, skeletal remains, pottery, and plants.
Carbon-14 dating has established these artifacts as possibly of3rd and2nd centuriesBC.[1][2][3]
The architecture of their granaries is quite specific to the area. They are formed of superimposed clay strands. This contrasts with the mud bricks used by theTellem people who occupied theBandiagara cliff from the 11th until the 16th centuries,[4] or the dry stones covered with mud as constructed by theDogons since the 15th century.
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