The Sahara, ecological change and early economic history / edited by J.A. Allan ; with contributions by G. Barker ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Allan, J. A. (John Anthony)

Barker, Graeme.

University of London. Centre of African Studies.

University of London. Centre of Middle Eastern Studies.

Series:

Menas monographs ; no. 1.

Menas monographs ; no. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics, Prehistoric--Sahara--Congresses.

Economics, Prehistoric.

Climatic changes--Sahara--Congresses.

Climatic changes.

Economic conditions.

Congresses and conventions.

Sahara.

Sahara--Economic conditions--Congresses.

Physical Description:

xii, 146 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Outwell, Cambridgeshire : Middle East & North African Studies Press, 1981.

Contents:

Introduction / J.A. Allan

Recent developments in research into the Quarternary climatic history of the Sahara / Alayne Street and Françoise Gasse

Late Pleistocene and recent climatic changes in the Egyptian Sahara / A. Gautier

Saharan climates in historic times / Sharon Nicholson

The climate of the Sahara in the period of meteorological records / A.T. Grove

Northern Africa during the late Palaeolithic / C.B.M. McBurney

Aspects of human activity in the coastal occidental Sahara in the last 10,000 years / Nicole Petit-Maire

The late Stone Age in West Africa / Thurstan Shaw

Early agriculture and economic change in North Africa / G. Barker.

Notes:

"The proceedings of a conference convened by the Centre of African Studies, in association with the Centre of Middle Eastern Studies, the School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London."

Includes bibliographies.

ISBN:

0906559049

OCLC:

8554501