| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) |
| Series |
[Oxford handbooks] |
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Oxford handbooks.
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| Contents |
Part I. Introduction. Introducing African archaeology / Peter Mitchell and Paul Lane -- Part II. Doing African archaeology : theory, method, practice -- Part III. Becoming human -- Part IV. Hunters, gatherers, and intensifiers : the diversity of African foragers -- Part V. Food for thought : the archaeology of African pastoralist and farming communities -- Part VI. Power, prestige, and consumption : African towns and states and their neighbours -- Part VII. African societies and the modern world system |
| Summary |
This handbook provides a comprehensive synthesis of African archaeology, covering the entirety of the continent's past from the beginnings of human evolution to the archaeological legacy of European colonialism. It includes a mixture of key methodological and theoretical issues and debates and situates the subject's contemporary practice |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on Aug 16, 2013) |
| Subject |
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Africa.
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Africa -- Antiquities.
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Africa -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lane, Paul (Paul J.), editor
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Mitchell, Peter, 1962- editor
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| ISBN |
0191750093 (ebook) |
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9780191750090 (ebook) |
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(print) |
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(print) |
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