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African Civilizations : an archaeological perspective / Graham Connah, Australian National University.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Connah, Graham, author.
Contributor:
Cambridge University Press.
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:
1 online resource (xiii, 412 pages) : illustrations, maps
Edition:
Third edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
System Details:
text file
Contents:
The context
Origins : social change on the lower Nile
The Mediterranean frontier : North Africa
Sudanic genesis : Nubia
Isolation : the Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands
Opportunity and constraint : the West African savanna
Achieving power : the West African forest and its fringes
Indian Ocean networks : the East African coast and islands
Cattle, ivory and gold : social complexity in Zambezia
Central Africa : the Upemba Depression, Interlacustrine region, and Far West
Settlement growth and emerging polities : South Africa
What are the common denominators?
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-398) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9780511997617
0511997612
Publisher Number:
99976153208
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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