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The Oxford Handbook of African Archaeology
ISBN: 9780199569885 | 0199569886
Format: HardcoverPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 7/31/2013
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Africa has the longest and arguably the most diverse archaeological record of any of the continents. It is where the human lineage first evolved and from whereHomo sapiensspread across the rest of the world. Later, it witnessed novel experiments in food-production and unique trajectories to urbanism and the organisation of large communities that were not always structured along strictly hierarchical lines. Millennia of engagement with societies in other parts of the world confirm Africa's active participation in the construction of the modern w... MORE
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Part 1: Introduction
1. Introducing African Archaeology, Peter Mitchell and Paul Lane
Part II: Doing African Archaeology: Theory, Method, Practice
2. Archaeological Practice in Africa: A Historical Perspective, Graham Connah
3. Oral History, Oral Traditions, and Archaeology: The Application of Structural Analyses, Peter Schmidt
4. Language, Linguisti... MORE
Peter Mitchell is Professor of African Archaeology, Tutor and Fellow at St Hugh's College, Oxford, and Honorary Research Associate, GAES, at the University of the Witwatersrand. From 2004 until 2006 he served as President of the Society of Africanist Archaeologists, and since 2006 has been Honrary Secretary of the British Institute in Eastern Africa.
Paul Lane is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of York and Honary Research Associate, GAES, at the University of the Witwatersrand. From 2008 to 2010 he served as President of the Society of Africanist Archaeologists.
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