Historical archaeology in Africa : representation, social memory, and oral traditions

1. Verfasser: Schmidt, Peter R. 1942-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press, 2006.
Umfang/Format: xi, 316 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Schriftenreihe: African archaeology series
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: Afrika
Online Zugang: Table of contents only
Book review (H-Net)
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Questions that count : Africa and beyond
  • Oral traditions and archaeology : first perspectives
  • Critical historical archaeologies and historical representations / with Jonathan Walz
  • Social memory, mnemonics, and historical archaeology
  • Tropes, space, and historical archaeology
  • Moving historical archaeology to symbolic space
  • Historical archaeology and representations of iron technology in Africa
  • The politics of history making and historical representation of indigenous production
  • Historical representations of the Cwezi "dynasty" : how oral traditions and historical archaeology came to support a historical "House of Cards"
  • The Cwezi myth of statehood : its resurrection and demise / with Kharyssa Rhodes
  • Foreigners of endogenous development in the Horn of Africa? new representations from historical archaeology.