Description |
1 online resource |
Series |
Approaches to anthropological archaeology |
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Approaches to anthropological archaeology
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Contents |
Decentralization and the evolution of egalitarian behaviors in sedentary societies -- Ancient villages in the Niger bend: context and methods for exploring the Voltaic region -- Ethnographic perspectives on western Burkina Faso: a survey -- Kirikongo: an introduction to the site, the setting, and the research design -- The West Africa environmental setting: Kirikongo in ecological context -- Stratigraphies and depositional episodes: the excavations -- Relative chronology: ceramics -- Community growth at Kirikongo: the spatial and temporal setting -- Early sedentary life in the Voltaic region: defining a "Voltaic tradition" -- Craft production at Kirikongo: the origins, development and reinterpretation of specialization -- Herding, farming, and ritual sacrifice: the economy from Kirikongo |
Summary |
Many West African societies have egalitarian political systems, with non-centralised distributions of power. ''Egalitarian Revolution in the Savanna'' analyses a wide range of archaeological data to explore the development of such societies. The volume offers a detailed case study of the village settlement of Kirikongo in western Burkina Faso. Over the course of the first millennium, this single homestead extended control over a growing community. The book argues that the decentralization of power in the twelfth century BCE radically transformed this society, changing gender roles, public acti |
Notes |
Originally published: Equinox Publishing, Ltd., 2012 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 22, 2014) |
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Political customs and rites -- Africa, West
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Africa, West
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Human settlements -- Africa, West -- History
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Archaeology and history -- Africa, West
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Antiquities
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Archaeology and history
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Human settlements
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Political customs and rites
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SUBJECT |
Africa, West -- Antiquities
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Subject |
West Africa
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781317543664 |
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1317543661 |
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9781317543657 |
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1317543653 |
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9781317543640 |
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1317543645 |
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