Theory in Africa, Africa in theory : locating meaning in archaeology

Weitere Verfasser: Fleisher, Jeffrey B.
Wynne-Jones, Stephanie
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.
Umfang/Format: xi, 295 pages : illustrations.
ISBN: 9781138860605
9781138860612
9781315716381
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: Africa
Online-Zugang: Online available
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Theory in Africa : Africa in theory / Stephanie Wynne-Jones and Jeffrey Fleisher
  • African models in global histories / Scott MacEachern
  • The problem of equifinality in archaeology / Felix Chami
  • The place of Africa in theory / Henrietta Moore
  • Problems with practice : dynamic interpretation in African archaeology / Stephanie Wynne-Jones
  • Situating the Swahili house / Jeffrey Fleisher
  • Pioneers of archaeological thought and practice in postcolonial Nigeria / Akin Ogundiran
  • Settlements and culture : cognitive models in African prehistory / Thomas Huffman
  • Material expressions of religious identity in Ghana / Kodzo Gavua
  • What kind of science is archaeology? Iron age studies in southern Africa / Per Ditlef Fredriksen
  • Iron age imaginaries and barbarian encounters : European prehistory's African past / Paul Lane
  • The African state in theory : thoughts on political landscapes and the limits of rule in Atlantic Senegal (and elsewhere) / Francois G. Richard
  • Broadening the phenomenological perspective? Lessons from the African landscape / Timothy Insoll
  • Off the coast, but hopefully not too off-the-cuff : thoughts on anthropological archaeology and theory in Africa and Africa in theory and in practice / Susan Kus
  • Archaeology of a continent, in theory / Wendy Ashmore
  • Anthropology, archaeology and African studies : some thoughts on theory, stuff and the possibilities of a new afro-centrism / Joost Fontein.