African Civilizations : an archaeological perspective

1. Verfasser: Connah, Graham
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Ausgabe: Third edition.
Umfang/Format: xiii, 412 pages : illustrations, maps.
Schlagworte:
Parallelausgabe: African civilizations : an archaeological perspective. [Print, 2nd edition]
Online Zugang: Online availabe (Cambridge University Press)
Inhaltsangabe:
  • The context
  • Origins: social change on the lower Nile
  • The Mediterranean frontier: North Africa
  • Sudanic genesis : Nubia
  • Isolation : the Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands
  • Opportunity and constraint in the West African savanna
  • Achieving power : the West African forest and its fringes
  • Indian Ocean networks : the East African coast and islands
  • Cattle, ivory and gold : social complexity in Zambezia
  • Central Africa : the Upemba Depression, Interlacustrine region, and Far West
  • Settlement growth and emerging polities : South Africa
  • What are the common denominators?.