Africa

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

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
In this third volume of his series on traditional African weaponry, the author examines a group of unusual edged weapons showing analogies to agricultural implements. These weapons are characterized by a bent or curved blade with a main concav... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407306841
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This study reexamines the ideas of Saxe and Goldstein on territoriality amongst hunter-gatherers. Detailed case studies from North Africa and Scandinavia are used to explore the idea that cemeteries could, through funerary rituals, be used to l... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407307084
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
15 papers originally given at a 2009 conference in Sheffield. There is a wide covereage both in terms of chronology and themes, ranges from the Pleistocene of Dogon country in Mali, to discussion of the development of archaeolgy and museums in ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781900971096
Published by : Silphium Press
In recent years there has been a renewed interest in the “War in the Desert”, that epic struggle of the Second World War between Axis (Italian and German) and Allied (principally British Commonwealth) forces for contro... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781842179680
Published by : Oxbow Books
African Pottery Roulettes Past and Present considers ethnographic, museological and archaeological approaches to pottery-decorating tools called roulettes, that is to say, short lengths of fibre or wood that are rolled over the surface of a vess... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781842174036
Published by : Oxbow Books
The Upper Pleistocene era encompassed a period of dramatic cultural developments in the south-eastern Mediterranean basin. This book highlights and synthesizes the latest research and current scientific debate on the archaeology of this time pe... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780415961561
Published by : Routledge Ltd
Scholars in Egyptology have often debated the following question: was the ancient Egyptian society organized along patrilineal or matrilineal lines? In taking a fresh and innovative look at the ancient Egyptian family, Allen attempts to solve ... .... Learn More