Forgotten Africa : an introduction to its archaeology / Graham Connah.

Author/creator Connah, Graham
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge, ©2004.
Descriptionxiii, 193 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
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Subjects

Contents Africa : the birthplace of humanity -- Stone tools and adaptation : the origins of the genus Homo -- Africa's gift to the world : the earliest Homo sapiens -- Living off the land : later hunter gatherers in Africa -- Putting ideas on stone : the rock art of southern Africa -- Pictures from a lost world : the rock art of the Sahara -- Producing food : early developments in North and West Africa -- Producing food : adaptation in North-East and East Africa -- The power of metal : the origins of African iron-working -- Ancient Egypt : 3000 years of achievement -- Nubia : a meeting place of different people -- Aksum : a trading metropolis on the Ethiopian Plateau -- Church and state : survival in Ethiopia -- Opportunity and constraint : the Lake Chad story -- Facing the Mediterranean : Carthaginian, Greek and Roman North Africa -- Qsar es-Seghir : front door to Europe, front door to Africa -- Jenné-jeno : an early city on the Middle Niger -- Voyages in the Sahara : the desert trade with West Africa -- Igbo-Ukwu : a challenge from the past -- Ancestral faces : ancient sculpture in Nigeria -- Benin City : from forest power to world fame -- Pots and people : early farmers south of the Equator -- The testimony of the dead : life in the Upemba Depression -- 'One beautiful garden' : production and power amongst the Great Lakes -- Facing two worlds : the trading settlements of the East African coast -- Projecting power : Great Zimbabwe and related sites -- Deserted settlements with a story : later farmers in Southern Africa -- Outsiders on the inside : the impact of European expansion -- Remembering Africa's past.
Local noteLittle-347692--305131054022Q
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 180-185) and index.
LCCN 2004002073
ISBN041530590X
ISBN9780415305907
ISBN0415305918 (pbk.)
ISBN9780415305914 (pbk.)
ISBN0203511808 (electronic book)
ISBN9780203511800 (electronic book)

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Joyner General Stacks DT13 .C66 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold