The Archaeology of Southern Africa / Peter Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitchell, Peter, 1929-2011, author.

Series:

Cambridge world archaeology

Cambridge World Archaeology Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physical organic chemistry.

Physics.

Quantum theory.

Africa, Southern--Antiquities.

Africa, Southern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 569 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"In this new edition, Peter Mitchell provides a comprehensive synthesis of Southern Africa's archaeology over more than three million years. It includes new work that addresses pre-colonial states and the transformations wrought by European colonialism, emphasising Indigenous agency and feeding into efforts to decolonise the discipline"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Frameworks

Histories

Origins

A cognitive revolution

Hunter-gatherers of the late Pleistocene

Archaeologies of the Pleistocene/Holocene transition

Hunting, gathering, intensifying : forager histories in the Holocene before 2000 BP

Taking stock : herders and hunter-gatherers

Farmers and foragers : the first millennium

Forming states : the Zimbabwe Culture and its neighbours

Recent farmers and hunter-gatherers in southernmost Africa

Colonisation, conquest, resistance

Perspectives and prospects

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 May 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009324762

1009324764

9781009324724

1009324721