Prehistory

ISBN: 9781874964179
Published by : Art Publishers
A well-illustrated guide to 30 rock art sites created by the Bushmen of South Africa. The text that accompanies the large number of colour photographs of both the art and its location, is written by Bert Woodhouse, an authority on Bushman rock ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780870135071
Published by : University of Michigan Press
The study of African archaeology and history, the editor argues, has been marred by the extremist attitudes of both condescending European historians and African-American Afrocentrists. These eleven papers, from a conference held in Ohio in 1... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780852557617
Published by : James Currey
A thematic study of urbanism in Africa from prehistory to recent times. Seventeen papers are divided into five main subjects: archaeological research on urbanism, pre-colonial towns, commerical and economic histories, and the development of ur... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9782877721868
Published by : Errance
A beautiful book with many colour illustrations, produced for an exhibition on Franco-Sudanese excavations. Beginning with Nubian history and prehistory, it chronicles the information revealed by archeological finds about the people and culture... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841711461
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
A detailed study of lithic assemblages from eleven sites in south-west Morocco noted for their rich surface deposits. Following a general introduction to the Tarfaya coastal basin and its climate, environment and the methodology of the research... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9782907303446
Published by : Editions Monique Mergoil
A survey of the evidence for the Neolithic occupation of the north-west Central African Republic. Zangato looks at the investigations that have been carried out, the general context of sites and their stratigraphy, palaeo-environmental evidence... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841712024
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Archaeopress
Based on fieldwork as part of the Gambaga Archaeological research Project and forming the basis for a doctoral thesis, this study focuses on defining the Kintampo complex of Ghana, a regional Neolithic culture characterised by distinctive potte... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780742502611
Published by : AltaMira Press
Metals played an important role in precolonial Africa, not just in terms of trade and exchange, but also fulfilling an indigenous and local role in everyday life and in terms of cultural and ideological spheres. These four major studies reflect... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780953541867
Published by : Western Academic & Specialist Press
A detailed study of prehistoric sequences in south central Africa, largely based around the results of investigations at the sites of Mumbwa and Twin Rivers, excavated in 1993-96 and 1999. An introductory chapter provides the background context... .... Learn More