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Encyclopedia of Precolonial Africa
Archaeology, History, Languages, Cultures, and Environments
Encyclopedia of Precolonial Africa
Archaeology, History, Languages, Cultures, and Environments
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A Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Book. Explore the dynamics of precolonial African life in this comprehensive encyclopedia. An authoritative text with state of the art summaries, the Encyclopedia of Precolonial Africa will prove to be a benchmark volume for the field. Moreover, a bibliography for each article guides readers with further research. With more than 100 articles written by leading scholars, extensive maps, photos, and figures, the Encyclopedia of Precolonial Africa is essential reading for all students, professionals, and avocational readers of African archaeology, history, linguistics, and culture.
Table of Contents
chapter 2 Geography and Geology
chapter 3 Pleistocene and Holocene Climates and Vegetation Zones
Chapter 4 Modern Climates and Vegetation Zones
Chapter 5 Quaternary Environment
Chapter 6 Disease as a Factor in African History
Part 7 Histories of Research
Chapter 8 Archaeology in Africa: Its Influence
Chapter 9 Historiography in Africa
Chapter 10 Pan Africanism, Diffusionism, and the Afrocentric Idea
Chapter 11 Western Africa: History of Archaeology
Chapter 12 Horn of Africa: History of Archaeology
Chapter 13 Southern and Eastern Africa: History of Archaeology
Chapter 14 Search for Human Origins in Africa: A Historical Note
Chapter 15 Language Studies in Africa
Part 16 Technology
Chapter 17 Stoneworking Technology
Chapter 18 Stoneworking Technology: Its Evolution
Chapter 19 Pottery Manufacture
Chapter 20 Copper Metallurgy
Chapter 21 Ironworking Technology
Chapter 22 Ironworking in its Cultural Context
Chapter 23 Architecture and Settlement Patterns
Part 24 People and Culture
Part 25 Languages
Chapter 26 African Languages: A Historical Study
Chapter 27 Languages of Eastern and Southern Africa in Historical Perspective
Chapter 28 Western African Languages in Historical Perspective
Part 29 Forager Lifeways
Chapter 30 African Foragers
Chapter 31 Eastern African Foragers
Chapter 32 Southern African Foragers
Chapter 33 Forager Hunting Tools and Methods
Part 34 Pastoral Lifeways
Chapter 35 Northeastern African Pastoralists
Chapter 36 Eastern African Pastoralists
Chapter 37 Southern African Pastoralists
Part 38 Farming Lifeways
Chapter 39 Farming Societies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 40 Farming Methods
Chapter 41 Food Crops
Chapter 42 Eastern African Terraced-Irrigation Systems
Chapter 43 Stone-Walled Agricultural Communities of South Africa and Botswana
Part 44 Ethnoarchaeology
Chapter 45 Northern African Ethnoarchaeology
Chapter 46 Western African Ethnoarchaeology
Part 47 Prehistory of Africa
Part 48 The Emergence of Humanity
Chapter 49 Hominid Origins
Chapter 50 Modern Human Origins
Chapter 51 Human Populations
Chapter 52 Early African Hominids: Behavior and Environments
Chapter 53 Primate Behavior as a Precursor of Human Behavior
Chapter 54 Human Behavior: Its Evolution
Part 55 First Footsteps in Africa
Chapter 56 Early Human Diets
Chapter 57 Early Hominid Foraging Strategies
Chapter 58 Earliest African Cultures
Chapter 59 Western Africa: The Prehistoric Sequence
Chapter 60 Central African Transitional Cultures
Chapter 61 African Cultures in Transition and Adaptation
Part 62 Advanced Foragers
Chapter 63 Northern African Advanced Foragers
Chapter 64 Western African and Southern Saharan Advanced Foragers
Chapter 65 Eastern African Advanced Foragers
Chapter 66 Southern African Advanced Foragers
Part 67 Rock Art
Chapter 68 Saharan Rock Art
Chapter 69 Western African Rock Art
Chapter 70 Ethiopia and the Horn: Rock Art
Chapter 71 Eastern African Rock Art
Chapter 72 Central African Rock Art
Chapter 73 Southern African Rock Art
Part 74 The Ceramic Late Stone Age
Chapter 75 African Neolithic
Chapter 76 Nile Valley: Pre-Agricultural Cultures
Chapter 77 Saharan Neolithic
Chapter 78 The Late Stone Age and Neolithic Cultures
Chapter 79 Foragers and Farmers: Their Interaction
Part 80 Beginnings of Food Production
Chapter 81 Egypt: Beginnings of Agriculture
Chapter 82 Agricultural Beginnings in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 83 Animal Domestication in Africa
Part 84 Iron Age
Chapter 85 Western African Iron Age
Chapter 86 Equatorial African Iron Age
Chapter 87 Bantu Expansion
Chapter 88 Eastern and South-Central African Iron Age
Chapter 89 Southern African Iron Age
Part 90 Social Complexity
Chapter 91 Development of States in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 92 Urbanism in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 93 Egypt and Sub-Saharan Africa: Their Interaction
Chapter 94 Egypt: Emergence of State Society
Chapter 95 The Near East and Eastern Africa: Their Interaction
Chapter 96 Northeastern African States
Chapter 97 Western African States
Chapter 98 Savanna States
Chapter 99 Lacustrine States
Chapter 100 Swahili and the Coastal City-States
Chapter 101 Zambezian States
Chapter 102 Precolonial Towns of Zambezia
Part 103 Trade and Commerce
Chapter 104 Western African and Western Saharan Trade
Chapter 105 Slave Trade in Africa
Chapter 106 Salt Production and the Salt Trade
Chapter 107 Indian Ocean Trade
Chapter 108 Historical Archaeology
Chapter 109 Western African Historical Archaeology
Part 110 Eastern African Historical Archaeology
Chapter 111 Central and Southern African Historical Archaeology
Chapter 112 Maritime Archaeology
Product details
Published | Jan 01 2000 |
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Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 606 |
ISBN | 9780585278551 |
Imprint | AltaMira Press |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |