Africa
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Attachment to Abandoned Heritage: The Case of Suakin, Sudan [Paperback]
Shadia Taha (Author)
£40.00ISBN: 9781407310893
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2477
At present scantily populated, Suakin was the most prominent port on the Red Sea coast from the fifteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century. It was an archetype of an Islamic urban built town which remained continu... .... Learn More -
The Butana Group Ceramics and their Place in the Neolithic and Post-Neolithic of Northeast Africa [Paperback]
Frank Winchell (Author)
£38.00ISBN: 9781407310671
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2459
This study for the first time provides an in-depth examination of the Butana Group ceramics that in turn represent a large sedentary development existing in the far reaches of the eastern Sahel during the 4th millennium BC. These particular ceram... .... Learn More -
Romische Villen in Nordafrika: Untersuchungen zu Architektur und Wirtschaftsweise [Paperback]
Mareike Rind (Author)
£33.00ISBN: 9781407305882
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
A study of architecture and economies of Roman villas and their estates in North Africa, accompanied by a detailed catalogue. German text. .... Learn More -
Politics of Heritage Management in Mali: From UNESCO to Djenne [Hardback]
Charlotte L. Joy (Author)
£74.50ISBN: 9781611320947
Published by : Left Coast Press
The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Djenné, in modern day Mali, is exalted as an enduring wonder of the ancient African world by archaeologists, anthropologists, state officials, architects and travel writers. In this revealing study, the author ... .... Learn More -
Travel Chronicles of Mrs J. Theodore Bent, Volume II [Paperback]
Gerald Brisch (Author)
£27.50ISBN: 9781905739370
Published by : Archaeopress
“At last we reached a circular enclosure among the grass and scanty trees. We rushed in and it was like getting into a tropical greenhouse with the roof off. There were tall trees and long creepers making monkey ropes, large flowers hanging, great... .... Learn More -
Butua and the End of an Era : The effect of the collapse of the Kalanga state on ordinary citizens. An analysis of behaviour under stress [Paperback]
Catharina van Waarden (Author)
£52.00ISBN: 9781407310190
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2420
The Kalanga state Butua, which had dominated the Zimbabwe plateau (south central Africa) for four centuries, collapsed in the 1830s due to repeated difaqane invasions, and its population became subject to Ndebele invaders. This work is a study of ... .... Learn More -
Material Knowledges, Thermodynamic Spaces and the Moloko Sequence of the Late Iron Age (AD 1300-1840) in Southern Africa [Paperback]
Per Ditlef Fredriksen (Author)
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Province et identité provinciales dans l'Afrique romaine [Paperback]
C Briand-Ponsart (Editor);Yves Moderan (Editor)
£40.00ISBN: 9782902685684
Published by : Brepols
Series: TABLES RONDES DU CRAHM
Volume: 7
English description: The papers from this round table deal with the question of province and provincial identities in Roman Africa. They approach the subject from two different, but complementary positions: 1. the emergence of the Roman provinc... .... Learn More -
Deciphering Ancient Minds: The Mystery of San Bushman Rock Art [Hardback]
David Lewis-Williams (Author);Sam Challis (Author)
£18.95ISBN: 9780500051696
Published by : Thames and Hudson
The rock art of the San people of southern Africa is justifiably world famous. Here, the great authority David Lewis-Williams and his colleague Sam Challis reveal how these rock paintings and engravings can be made to yield insights into San b... .... Learn More -
The Cities of Roman Africa [Paperback]
Gareth Sears (Author)
£17.99ISBN: 9780752448435
Published by : The History Press
The Roman province of Africa was one of richest in the Empire and as a result has some of the most spectacular remains. This book examines the development of urban space and cultural life in this province from the beginnings of Roman rule in t... .... Learn More