Beyond Chiefdoms : Pathways to Complexity in Africa

ISBN 10: 0521630746 / ISBN 13: 9780521630740

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1999

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Inhaltsangabe:

This book reintroduces an African perspective on archaeological theorizing about complex societies.

Críticas: "...certainly warrents careful consideration by anyone with an interest in the development of political complexity...Especially notable are what it has to say about research strategies in very large, but largely unknown, regions; the interplay between ethnography, oral tradition, and archaeological research; and the contributions regionally-focused archaeology can make to wider theoretical debates...I should stress this volume's inherent value as a representation of our growing knowledge of the diverse richness of world archaeological history." Canadian Journal of Archaeology "This important book deserves a wide readership, for it deomonstrates how much the rich archaeological and historical record of Africa has to offer. Strange that so many prominent archaeological theoreticians have ignored the African past! They can no longer afford to do so." International Journal of African Historical Studies "Overall, archaeologists, ethnologists, and political scientists will find it stimulating reading." Jrnl of Field Archaeology

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Beyond Chiefdoms : Pathways to Complexity in...
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Good