Ethnoarchaeology Of Shuwa Arab Settlements

Author : Augustin Holl
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0739104071

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Ethnoarchaeology of Shuwa-Arab Settlements by Augustin Holl Pdf

Ethnoarchaeology of Shuwa-Arab Settlements demonstrates the imperative need for ethnoarchaeology to include a deep sense of the history of the specific social group under analysis for its findings to truly impact archaeological thinking. Based on research from a long-term archaeological and ethnoarchaeological project conducted in the northernmost part of Cameroon, Augustin Holl's new work probes the ethnic survival of the Shuwa-Arab descendants of generations of pastoralists who migrated from Arabia to the Chad basin. The book robustly engages macro issues connected to processes of sedentarization, ethnic interaction in a multi-ethnic setting, and relations of power and dominion. On the micro level the work deciphers clues for the cultural survival and later prosperity of the Shuwa-Arab hidden in the material record of their daily settlement life. This book will be of great interest to students of African history, African studies, archaeology, ethnoarchaeology, and ethnic and cultural studies seeking to understand how to successfully integrate history into the interpretation of the archaeological record.

Author : João Manuel Marreiros,Juan F. Gibaja Bao,Nuno Ferreira Bicho
Publisher : Springer
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319082578

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Use-Wear and Residue Analysis in Archaeology by João Manuel Marreiros,Juan F. Gibaja Bao,Nuno Ferreira Bicho Pdf

This book is designed to act as a readily accessible guide to different methods and techniques of use-wear and residue analysis and therefore includes a wide range of different and complementary essential topics: experimental tests, observation and record methods and techniques and the interpretation of a diversity of tool types and worked raw materials. The onset of use-wear studies was marked by the development of theory, method and techniques in order to infer prehistoric tools functionality and, therefore, understand human technological, social and cultural behavior. The last decade of functional studies, use-wear and residue analysis have been aimed at the observation, recording and interpretation of different activities and worked materials found on archaeological tools made on different types of organic and non-organic materials. This international group of contributions will be fundamental for all researchers and students of the discipline.

Author : Augustin F. C. Holl
Publisher : U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780915703524

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The Land of Houlouf by Augustin F. C. Holl Pdf

Author : Christopher DeCorse
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474291057

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West Africa During the Atlantic Slave Trade by Christopher DeCorse Pdf

West Africa during the Atlantic Slave Trade surveys archaeological data from Senegal to the Cameroon. It focuses on the past 500 years, a period that witnessed dramatic transformations in African political and social systems, as well as the consequences of European expansion, the advent of the Atlantic slave trade, and the expansion of Islamic polities in the West African Sahel. The geographical and topical scope of this volume draws together archaeological syntheses of various parts of West Africa and is an important resource for West Africanists and all researchers interested in the indigenous response to European expansion, as well as for those examining African continuities in the Americas.

Author : Timothy Insoll
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2003-07-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0521657024

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The Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa by Timothy Insoll Pdf

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Author : Thomas Evan Levy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 886 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134946495

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Archaeology, Anthropology and Cult by Thomas Evan Levy Pdf

The Chalcolithic period was formative in Near Eastern prehistory, being a time of fundamental social change in craft specialization, horticulture and temple life. Gilat - a low mound, semi-communal farming settlement in the Negev desert - is one of the few Chalcolithic sanctuary sites in the Southern Levant. 'Archaeology, Anthropology and Cult' presents a critical analysis of the archaeological data from Gilat. The book brings together archaeological finds and anthropological theory to examine the role of religion in the evolution of society and the power of ritual in promoting change. This comprehensive volume, which includes artefact drawings, photographs, maps and data tables, will be of interest to students and scholars of ancient history, anthropology, archaeology, as well as biblical and religious studies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Africa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105121658061

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Journal of African Archaeology by Anonim Pdf

Author : George P. Nicholas
Publisher : Left Coast Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781598744972

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BEING AND BECOMING INDIGENOUS ARCHAEOLOGISTS by George P. Nicholas Pdf

What does being an archaeologist mean to Indigenous persons? How and why do some become archaeologists? What has led them down a path to what some in their communities have labeled a colonialist venture? What were are the challenges they have faced, and the motivations that have allowed them to succeed? How have they managed to balance traditional values and worldview with Western modes of inquiry? And how are their contributions broadening the scope of archaeology? Indigenous archaeologists have the often awkward role of trying to serves as spokespeople both for their home community and for the scientific community of archaeologists. This volume tells the stories—in their own words-- of 37 indigenous archaeologists from six continents, how they became archaeologists, and how their dual role affects their relationships with their community and their professional colleagues. Sponsored by the World Archaeological Congress

Author : Augustin Holl
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781666903805

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The Mobility Imperative by Augustin Holl Pdf

This work explores the long-term evolutionary implications of the "Mobility Imperative:" the foundational nature of mobility for human beings and their societies. The author puts forward a parsimonious but comprehensive model based on Extended Evolutionary Synthesis (EES) rationales. The selected case studies range from the emergence and expansion of humans to cattle domestication and beyond.

Author : Peter Breunig,Sonja Magnavita
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2004-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3937248021

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Journal of African Archaeology by Peter Breunig,Sonja Magnavita Pdf

Contents include: Decoding an Early Holocene Saharan stratified site. Ceramic dispersion and site formation processes in the Takarkori rock-shelter, Acacus Mountains, Libya; Slag identification at southern African archaeological sites; A look into the earth: evaluating the use of magnetic survey in African archaeology; Iron smelting - a vanishing tradition: ethnographic study of this craft in south-west Ethiopia; Preliminary investigations in the Djebel Uweinat region, Libyan Desert; Review Essay. What do we know about African iron working?; Review of A. F.C. Holl. Ethnoarchaeology of Shuwa-Arab Settlements; Review of F. Jesse. Rahib 80/87. Ein Wavy-Line-Fundplatz im Wadi Howar und die fruheste Keramik in Nordafrika; Review of S. di Lernia & G. Manzi (eds.). Sand, Stones, and Bones. The Archaeology of Death in the Wadi Tanezzuft Valley (5000-2000 BP)

Author : Augustin F.C. Holl
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004-04-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780759115705

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Saharan Rock Art by Augustin F.C. Holl Pdf

The Neolithic rock images of Iheren, Algeria are the starting point for Augustin Holl's careful analysis of the iconography of Saharan rock art. Created in the third millennium B.C., the Iheren murals are over 3 meters wide and contain multiple compositions that present an allegorical depiction of the lifeways of Tassilian pastoralists in the Sahara. Holl approaches his task as an archaeologist, examining the various strands of evidence—icons, ideas, motifs, colors, and sizes-and weaving them together into a story that offers a window on the pastoralist worldview through the semiotics of their art. His deconstruction and synthesis of this corpus of material should be of interest to African archaeologists, rock art specialists, art historians, and cultural anthropologists alike.

Author : M. K. Agarwal
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-22
Category : History
ISBN : 1475907664

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From Bharata to India by M. K. Agarwal Pdf

The origin of world civilization can be traced to the Sindhu and Sarasvati river valleys (located in present-day Pakistan) as early as 8,000 BC. Here, innovation and originality in every aspect of human endeavor, from mathematics and science to art and sports, flourished. Yet the importance of this civilization, known as the Vedic period, has been deliberately downplayed. Thoroughly researched and including an extensive bibliography, From Bharata to India rectifies this mistake in the perspective of world history and seeks to offer a comprehensive reference source. Author M. K. Agarwal shows how this early culture, where ideation by enlightened philosopher Brahmin kings, brought material and spiritual wealth that was to remain unchallenged until the colonial era. This Vedic-Hindu-Buddhist legacy subsequently influenced peoples and paradigms around the globe, ushering in an era of peace and plenty thousands of years before the Europeans. By using original sources in Sanskirt as well as regional literature, Agarwal compares corresponding situations in other civilizations within the context of their own literary traditions and records to prove that Bharata forms the basis of world civilization. This is in direct contrast to the Greek or Arab miracle hypothesis put forth by numerous scholars. The first of two volumes in this series, From Bharata to India offers a fascinating, in-depth glimpse into ancient Indias contribution to the modern world.

Author : Mark Dike DeLancey,Mark W. Delancey,Rebecca Neh Mbuh
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 831 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538119686

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Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon by Mark Dike DeLancey,Mark W. Delancey,Rebecca Neh Mbuh Pdf

Cameroon is a land of much promise, but a land of unfulfilled promises. It has the potential to be an economically developed and democratic society but the struggle to live up to its potential has not gone well. Since independence there have been only two presidents of Cameroon; the current one has been in office since 1982. Endowed with a variety of climates and agricultural environments, numerous minerals and substantial forests, and a dynamic population, this is a country that should be a leader of Africa. Instead, we find a country almost paralyzed by corruption and poor management, a country with a low life expectancy and serious health problems, and a country from which the most talented and highly educated members of the population are emigrating in large numbers. To all of this is recently added a serious terrorism problem, Boko Haram, in the north, a separatist movement in the Anglophone west, refugee influxes in the north and east, and bandits from the Central African Republic attacking eastern villages. This fifth edition of Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Republic of Cameroon.

Author : Erez Ben-Yosef,Thomas E. Levy,Mohammad Najjar
Publisher : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
Page : 1079 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781938770937

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New Insights into the Iron Age Archaeology of Edom, Southern Jordan by Erez Ben-Yosef,Thomas E. Levy,Mohammad Najjar Pdf

Situated south of the Dead Sea, near the famous Nabatean capital of Petra, the Faynan region in Jordan contains the largest deposits of copper ore in the southern Levant. The Edom Lowlands Regional Archaeology Project (ELRAP) takes an anthropological-archaeology approach to the deep-time study of culture change in one of the Old World's most important locales for studying technological development. Using innovative digital tools for data recording, curation, analyses, and dissemination, the researchers focused on ancient mining and metallurgy as the subject of surveys and excavations related to the Iron Age (ca. 1200-500 BCE), when the first local, historical state-level societies appeared in this part of the eastern Mediterranean basin. This comprehensive and important volume challenges the current scholarly consensus concerning the emergence and historicity of the Iron Age polity of biblical Edom and some of its neighbors, such as ancient Israel. Excavations and radiometric dating establish a new chronology for Edom, adding almost 500 more years to the Iron Age, including key periods of biblical history when David, Solomon, and the Egyptian pharaoh Shoshenq I are alleged to have interacted with Edom. Included is a 7 gigabyte DVD with over 55,000 files of additional data and photographs from the project.

Author : Bassey W. Andah
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Africa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070633628

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The Epistemology of West African Settlements by Bassey W. Andah Pdf