African archaeology without frontiers papers from the 2014 PanAfrican Archaeological Association Congress

Confronting national, linguistic and disciplinary boundaries, contributors to African Archaeology Without Frontiers argue against artificial limits and divisions created through the study of 'ages' that in reality overlap and cannot and should not be understood in isolation. Papers are dra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores Corporativos: PanAfrican Archaeological Association Congress (-), Society of Africanist Archaeologists, issuing body (issuing body), PanAfrican Archaeological Association (PAA), issuing body
Otros Autores: Sadr, Karim, editor (editor), Esterhuysen, Amanda, editor, Sievers, Christine, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Johannesburg : Wits University Press 2016.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009424537306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : an invitation fulfilled / Amanda Esterhuysen, Karim Sadr and Chrissie Sievers
  • Keynote address 1. Imagining an African archaeology without frontiers / Chapurukha M. Kusimba
  • Keynote address 2. A continental vision for African archaeology / Akinwumi Ogundiran
  • 1. The 'useable' archaeology of African farming systems / Matthew Davies, Caleb Adebayo Folorunso, Timothy Kipkeu Kipruto, Freda Nkirote M'Mbogori, Henrietta L. Moore, Emuobosa Akpo Orijemie and Alex Schoeman
  • 2. Defining cultural heritage among the Makonde of Tanzania / Festo W. Gabriel
  • 3. The indigenous roots of Swahili culture in Pangani Bay, Tanzania / Elinaza Mjema
  • 4. Is this an anvil? Iron bloom crushing sites in northern Togo / Philip de Barros and Gabriella Lucidi
  • 5. L'art rupestre au Cameroun, nouvelles decouvertes et contribution à l'iconographie sous-regionale / Narcisse Santores Tchandeu
  • 6. Archaeology and history in Iron Age settlements in the Congo Basin / Dirk Seidensticker
  • 7. Learning from glass trade beads at Thabadimasego, Botswana / Adrianne Daggett, Marilee Wood and Laure Dussubieux
  • 8. Blurring boundaries : forager-farmer interactions in the middle Limpopo Valley / Tim Forssman
  • 9. Heritage management and the World Wide Web : South African challenges / Katie Smuts and Nic Wiltshire.