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African civilizations : an archaeological perspective / Graham Connah ; drawings by Douglas Hobbs.
Penn Museum Library DT352.3 .C66 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Connah, Graham.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Excavations (Archaeology).
- Prehistoric peoples.
- Antiquities.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan--Antiquities.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan--Civilization.
- Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Civilization.
- Prehistoric peoples--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 340 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- Urban settlements and states were a feature of precolonial societies in many parts of Africa. In this study, Graham Connah used the direct evidence provided by archaeological investigation to demonstrate the complexity of these urban societies, to understand their origins, their economic basis and social structure.
- Contents:
- The context
- Birth on the Nile: the Nubian achievement
- The benefits of isolation : the Ethiopian highlands
- An optimal zone: the West African savanna
- Brilliance beneath the trees: the West African forest and its fringes
- The edge or the centre : cities of the East African coast and islands
- A question of context: Great Zimbabwe and related sites
- In the heart of Africa: the Upemba depression and the Interlacustrine region
- What are the common denominators?.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-330) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521593093
- 0521596904
- 0521266661
- 0521319927
- OCLC:
- 44026150
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