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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF AFRICA: FOOD, METALS AND TOWNS (ONE WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY) by (Editor), Alex Okpoko
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ISBN: 9780415084444
Routledge | 25 March 1993
Hardcover | 896 pages
Africa has a vibrant past. It emerges from this book as the proud possessor of a vast and highly complicated interweaving of peoples and cultures, practicing an enormous diversity of economic and social strategies in an 2xtraordinary range of environmental situations.
At long last the archaeology of Africa has revealed enough of Africa's unwritten past to confound preconceptions about this continent and to upset the picture inferred from historic written records. Without an understanding of its past complexities, it is impossible to grasp Africa's present, let alone its future.
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'Its immense coverage reveals not just the vibrancy of Africa's rich and diverse archaeological past, but also demolishes many misconceptions about the continent...this is a classic example of how vision and scholarship can be combined.' - New Scientist
'the existence of the volume is now so important, and carries so many implications, that we must record its availability in as many serious journals as possible' - Literary Review
'it will be a superb source for university students' - The Independent
'This is a competently and painstakingly edited volume, which gives the authentic flavor of the archaeological research carried out in Africa in recent years, and concludes with an eighty-page bibliography which will be of great value to the serious student.' - Times Literary Supplement
'... buy a copy of this important work: you will consult it many times.' - Antiquity
'simply a majestic book' - Anthropology Today
About the Author
Thurstan Shaw and Bassey Andah are both at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Paul Sinclair is affiliated with the University of Uppsala, Sweden. Alex Okpoko is at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
About the Author
Thurstan Shaw and Bassey Andah are both at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Paul Sinclair is affiliated with the University of Uppsala, Sweden. Alex Okpoko is at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
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- THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF AFRICA: FOOD, METALS AND TOWNS (ONE WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY) by (Editor), Alex Okpoko
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- March 10, 1993
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