Africa
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Prehistory of the Western Sahara: A Synthesis of Fieldwork, 2002 to 2009 [Hardback]
Jo Clarke (Author); Nick Brooks (Author)
Regular Price: £55.00
Special Price: £40.00
ISBN: 9781782971726
Published by : Oxbow Books
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Contrary to much perceived wisdom, the Sahara is a rich and varied tapestry of diverse environments that sustain an array of ecosystems. Throughout its history, the Sahara has been a stage for human evolution, with human habitatio... .... Learn More -
An Engraved Landscape: The rock carvings of the Wadi al-Ajal, South West Libya [Paperback]
Tertia Barnett (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9781900971379
Published by : Society for Libyan Studies
Volume: 11
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The Sahara contains one of the most extensive and enigmatic collections of rock art in the world. An Engraved Landscape represents the main report on the rock art of the Wadi al-Ajal, south west Libya. Based on extensive fieldwork directe... .... Learn More -
African Dominion: A New History of Empire in Early and Medieval West Africa [Hardback]
Michael A. Gomez (Author)
£37.95ISBN: 9780691177427
Published by : Princeton University Press
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A groundbreaking history that puts early and medieval West Africa in a global context Pick up almost any book on early and medieval world history and empire, and where do you find West Africa? On the periphery. This pioneering book, the first on ... .... Learn More -
The Swahili World [Hardback]
Stephanie Wynne-Jones (Editor); Adria LaViolette (Editor)
£165.00ISBN: 9781138913462
Published by : Routledge
Series: Routledge Worlds
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The Swahili World presents the fascinating story of a major world civilization, exploring the archaeology, history, linguistics, and anthropology of the Indian Ocean coast of Africa. It covers a 1,500-year sweep of history, from the first settleme... .... Learn More -
The Benin Plaques, a 16th Century Imperial Monument [Hardback]
Kathryn Wysocki Gunsch (Author)
£105.00ISBN: 9781472451552
Published by : Routledge
Series: Routledge Research in Art History
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The 16th century bronze plaques from the kingdom of Benin are among the most recognized masterpieces of African art, and yet many details of their commission and installation in the palace in Benin City, Nigeria, are little understood. The Benin P... .... Learn More -
Archaeological Survey and Excavations at Mikindani, Southern Tanzania [Paperback]
Matthew Pawlowicz (Author)
£39.00ISBN: 9781407314860
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2859
Large-scale networks of interaction and exchange have existed on the East African Swahili coast for at least the past two millennia, linking coastal populations with South Asia, the Middle East and the African Interior. The connections coastal inh... .... Learn More -
Ancient Settlement Patterns in the Area of Aksum (Tigray, Northern Ethiopia) – Ca. 900 BCE–800/850 CE [Paperback]
Luisa Sernicola (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9781407314747
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2860
This English version of the author's PhD dissertation, revised and updated in the light of the latest research and interpretation, aims to reconstruct the settlement pattern of the area of Aksum between the early 1st millennium BCE and the late 1s... .... Learn More -
Early Microlithic Technologies and Behavioural Variability in Southern Africa and South Asia [Paperback]
Laura Lewis (Author)
£51.00ISBN: 9781407315522
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2861
Microlith production is a distinctive and significant stone tool technology. However, inter-regional comparative analyses of microlithic industries are rare, and tend to homogenise these industries by focussing analytical attention on retouched to... .... Learn More -
Excavations at Kranka Dada: An Examination of Daily Life, Trade, and Ritual in the Bono Manso Region [Paperback]
Anne Compton (Author)
£38.00ISBN: 9781407315843
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2857
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Novels of Genocide: Remembering and Forgetting the Ethnic Other in Fictional Rwanda [Paperback]
Olivier Nyirubugara (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9789088904318
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: Memory Traps
Volume: 2
In the last 20 years or so, the 1994 genocide in Rwanda has inspired a number of creative writers who were eager to represent that genocide itself, its aftermath and, in some cases, the situation that they perceived as paving the way for it decade... .... Learn More
