Ethnoarchaeology of Shuwa-Arab settlements / Augustin F.C. Holl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holl, Augustin F. C., 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suwa (Arab people)--Cameroon--North Province--Antiquities.

Suwa (Arab people).

Ethnoarchaeology--Cameroon--North Province.

Ethnoarchaeology.

Antiquities.

North Province (Cameroon)--Antiquities.

North Province (Cameroon).

Cameroon--Antiquities.

Cameroon--North Province.

Local Subjects:

Cameroon--Antiquities.

Physical Description:

xiii, 422 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2003]

Contents:

Introduction: An Idea of Ethnoarchaeology 1

Part I People, Land, and the Study Area

1 A Brief History of Shuwa-Arab Expansion 7

2 The Study Area: Land, People, and Settlements 29

Part II Semipermanent Villages

3 The Southern Settlement Group 53

4 The Western Settlement Group 77

5 Two Northern Settlements 145

Part III Dry-season Camps

6 The Amachita Camps Cluster 169

7 The Agedipse Camps Cluster 201

Part IV Permanent villages

8 Abuzrega 229

9 Djidat I 245

10 Djidat II 261

11 Marafaine 287

Part V Patterns and Trends

12 Location Tactics, Space Allocation, and Site Structures 303

13 Patterns in the Material Record 323

14 Patterns of Subsistence 371

Conclusion: Toward a Shuwa-Arab Polity? 389.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-401) and index.

ISBN:

0739104071

OCLC:

51622038