Africa

ISBN: 9781407306360
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
By conducting a study of archaeology and the built environment within an East African context, this monograph aims to actively promote the conservation of culturally important and endangered environments, and to use archaeology to address funda... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780714125923
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd
Believed to represent a king, the beautiful bronze head in the British Museum is one of seventeen objects unearthed in 1938-9 at the town of Ife in Nigeria. The stunning naturalism and sophisticated craftsmanship of the objects challenged Weste... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407306803
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This book presents the results of archaeological research in the extreme south of Madagascar between 1991 and 2003, and provides a synthesis of the regions archaeology. Madagascar is an island with many unique species of fauna and flora; its ex... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407306902
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This book is the third in a series prepared by the author on traditional weapons from the African Continent. The first volume focuses on weapons with a straight symmetrical blade and double cutting edges such as daggers, various types of swords... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407306841
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
argued, based on ethnographic literature, that cemeteries indicate the existence of control over resources. No other discipline has recognised this link. Because their ideas were developed in a processual context, they were systematically reje... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407307084
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
The book contains papers read at the conference West African archaeology, New developments, New perspectives, co-sponsored by the Nigerian Field Society and the Department of Archaeology of the University of Sheffield, with the support of the U... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780253221759
This is the first book devoted to the archaeology of African life on both sides of the Atlantic; it highlights the importance of archaeology in completing the historical records of the Atlantic world's Africans. Archaeology of Atlantic Africa and ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780520262058
Published by : University of California Press
This book is about history and the practical power of language to reveal historical change. Christopher Ehret offers a methodological guide to applying language evidence in historical studies. He demonstrates how these methods all... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781900971102
Published by : Society for Libyan Studies
Series: Society for Libyan Studies Monograph
Volume: 8
The Archaeology of Fazzan is a major series of reports on the archaeology and history of Libya’s south-west desert region.
This volume contains reports and analysis on a series of excavations carried out between 1958 and ... .... Learn More