Africa
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Image Makers: The Social Context of a Hunter-Gatherer Ritual [Hardback]
David Lewis-Williams (Author)
£75.00ISBN: 9781108498210
Published by : Cambridge University Press
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Rock-art images around the world are often difficult for us to decipher as modern viewers. Based on authentic records of the beliefs, rituals and daily life of the nineteenth-century San peoples, and of those who still inhabit the Kalahari Desert,... .... Learn More -
Classical Antiquities of Algeria: A Selective Guide [Paperback]
Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès (Author); Claude Sintes (Author); Philip Kenrick (Author)
£20.00ISBN: 9781900971546
Published by : Society for Libyan Studies
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Algeria is a large country, rich in visual remains of its long and complex history. The monuments of the Roman period are particularly impressive. This is partly because they are well-preserved, but also because the French, who colonised the regio... .... Learn More -
Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange across Medieval Saharan Africa [Hardback]
Kathleen Bickford Berzock (Author)
£50.00ISBN: 9780691182681
Published by : Princeton University Press
How West African gold and trade across the Sahara were central to the medieval world The Sahara Desert was a thriving crossroads of exchange for West Africa, North Africa, the Middle East, and Europe in the medieval period. Fueling this exchange ... .... Learn More -
From Cambridge to Lake Chad: Life in archaeology 1956-1971 [Paperback]
Graham Connah (Author)
£38.00ISBN: 9781784919580
Published by : Archaeopress
This book is about how the author became an archaeologist at a time when opportunities for employment were rare and how he worked as a field researcher in West Africa and wrote about his work there. It traces his archaeological training and employ... .... Learn More -
The River: Peoples and Histories of the Omo-Turkana Area [Paperback / Softback]
Timothy Clack (Editor); Marcus Brittain (Editor)
£40.00ISBN: 9781789690330
Published by : Archaeopress
The Omo-Turkana area is unlike any place on earth. Spanning parts of Ethiopia, South Sudan and Kenya, the area is today home to a unique diversity of peoples and cultures. Extraordinary fossil finds from the locale have illuminated the evolutionar... .... Learn More -
Archaeology and Ethnography Along the Loango Coast in the South West of the Republic of Congo [Paperback]
Gerry Wait (Author); Ibrahima Thiaw (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9781784919948
Published by : Archaeopress
In 2011 and 2012, Dr Gerry Wait (then Nexus Heritage) and Dr Ibrahima Thiaw (Institute Fundamental d'Afrique Noire: IFAN, Dakar) undertook an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) project in Kouilou Department in the southwest region o... .... Learn More -
Une archeologie des provinces septentrionales du royaume Kongo [Paperback]
Bernard Clist (Editor); Pierre de Maret (Editor); Koen Bostoen (Editor)
£90.00ISBN: 9781784919726
Published by : Archaeopress
Of all the great kingdoms that flourished in Africa, the Kongo is one of the most famous. It remains an important historical and cultural reference for Africans and their diaspora. The KongoKing inter-university project (2012-2016), funded by the ... .... Learn More -
The Archaeology of Western Sahara: A Synthesis of Fieldwork, 2002 to 2009 [Hardback]
Joanne Clarke (Author); Nick Brooks (Author)
£55.00ISBN: 9781782971726
Published by : Oxbow Books
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 habitation, movement and l... .... Learn More -
The World of Great Zimbabwe [Hardback]
Innocent Pikirayi (Editor)
£165.00ISBN: 9781138913479
Published by : Routledge
Series: Routledge Worlds
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Abusir and Saqqara in the Year 2015 [Hardback]
Miroslav Bárta (Editor); Filip Coppens (Editor); Jaromír Krejčí (Editor)
£168.00ISBN: 9788073087586
Published by : Czech Institute of Egyptology
The Czech Institute of Egyptology of the Charles University in Prague has since the start of the third millennium established the tradition of organising on a regular basis a platform for scholars, active in the pyramid fields and the cemeteries o... .... Learn More
