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African Archaeology (Previously known as the Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology)

Series editors: Kevin MacDonald (UCL) and Paul Lane (Cambridge)

Past decades have witnessed a revolution in the archaeological narratives of early African agriculture, technology, urbanism and socio-political complexity. Indeed, the archaeology of Africa continues to expand significantly, with three major international journals working to capacity to publish recent findings. However, given the vastness of the continent and the time depth of its past, field research remains relatively scattered. Each new data point therefore adds significantly to the bigger picture. This peer reviewed series (formerly known as the Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology series) focuses on new contributions to the Holocene archaeology of Africa, particularly primary information on important excavation projects and artifactual assemblage analyses which are beyond the scope of journal publication. In particular, we seek works relevant to the archaeology of food production, metallurgy, complex societies, historical archaeology and material culture studies. Contributions can be in English or French, and we encourage submissions from outside of the United Kingdom.

If you are interested in publishing in the African Archaeology sub-series, please contact: editor@barpublishing.com

For more information on this series and to view the full editorial board, please see our series brief.

Theatres of Imagery
A performance theory approach to rock art research
£61.00
Author:
David M. Witelson
Publication Year:
2023
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407356198
Paperback:
224 pages, Illustrated throughout in b&w, and colour.
Sub-series name:
African Archaeology, 98
BAR number:
S3149
Sub Title:
A performance theory approach to rock art research
This monograph applies performance theory to rock paintings in the Stormberg mountains of South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province-a rich rock art area to the... More
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£22.00
Author:
Jacques Aymeric Nsangou
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
French with an abstract in English
ISBN:
9781407359236
Paperback:
174 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & whiite and colour, 84 figures and 4 tables
Sub-series name:
African Archaeology, 97
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.30861/9781407359236
BAR number:
S3081
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on the BAR Digital platform... More
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Past Imperfect
The contested early history of the Mapungubwe Archive, South Africa
£33.00
Author:
Sian Tiley-Nel
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407359632
Paperback:
132 pages, Illustrated throughout in black & white, and colour. 31 figures.
Sub-series name:
African Archaeology, 96
BAR number:
S3080
Sub Title:
The contested early history of the Mapungubwe Archive, South Africa
This book interrogates the context, primary literature and silent gaps in the Mapungubwe Archive held at the University of Pretoria. It examines the... More
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Past Environments and Plant Use in Holocene Southern Africa
A study of charcoal and seed remains from the Late Stone Age sites of Toteng (Botswana), Leopard Cave and Geduld (Namibia)
£50.00
Author:
Malebogo Mvimi
Publication Year:
2022
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407357171
Paperback:
214 pages. Illustrated throughout in black and white and colour. 71 figures and 25 tables.
Sub-series name:
African Archaeology, 95
BAR number:
S3072
Sub Title:
A study of charcoal and seed remains from the Late Stone Age sites of Toteng (Botswana), Leopard Cave and Geduld (Namibia)
This book uses macrobotanical analysis (charcoal and seeds/grains) from Later Stone Age sites in Botswana and Namibia to address past climatic and... More
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Imprints of the Archaeology of Northern Nigeria
Landscape, society and crafts around Kirfi, Bauchi region
£45.00
Author:
Abubakar Sule Sani
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407358925
Paperback:
180 pages
Sub-series name:
African Archaeology, 94
BAR number:
S3062
Sub Title:
Landscape, society and crafts around Kirfi, Bauchi region
Abubakar Sule Sani’s pioneering book combines archaeological, ethnographic and historical data to construct a compelling narrative about the people of the... More
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£55.00
Author:
Claudia Abatino
Publication Year:
2021
Language:
English, with a summary chapter in Italian
ISBN:
9781407357263
Paperback:
188 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 136 figures and 86 tables.
Sub-series name:
African Archaeology, 93
BAR number:
S3020
Sub Title:
Northern Limpopo Province, South Africa
This research aims to reconstruct the dynamics of exploitation and management of animal resources during the Middle Iron Age in the northern part of the... More
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Modelling Water Use at Great Zimbabwe
An ethnohistoric, ethnoarchaeological, and GIS landscape analysis at an ancient African city
£39.00
Author:
Tendai Treddah Musindo
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407353975
Paperback:
136 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 82 figures.
Sub-series name:
African Archaeology, 92
BAR number:
S2952
Sub Title:
An ethnohistoric, ethnoarchaeological, and GIS landscape analysis at an ancient African city
This book combines GIS aided landscape analysis with an examination of both historical and ethnoarchaeological data to provide new insights on the link... More
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The So Pots of Central Africa
Memories of the past
£29.00
Author:
Graham Connah
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316888
Paperback:
97 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 2 tables, 94 figures (15 in colour).
Sub-series name:
African Archaeology, 91
BAR number:
S2938
Sub Title:
Memories of the past
This book is an original study of very large pots in parts of Chad, Cameroon and Nigeria. Found in excavations and surface fieldwork, they have been... More
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Prehistoric Investigations in the Region of Jenne, Mali, Parts i and ii
A Study in the Development of Urbanism in the Sahel. Part i: Archaeological and Historical Background and the Excavations at Jenne-jeno, Part ii: The Regional Survey and Conclusions
£97.00
Author:
Susan Keech McIntosh and Roderick J. McIntosh
Publication Year:
1980
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860541035
Paperback:
560 pages. Two volume set. Includes 14 illustrations, 28 figures.
Sub-series name:
Cambridge monographs in African archaeology, 2
BAR number:
S89
Sub Title:
A Study in the Development of Urbanism in the Sahel. Part i: Archaeological and Historical Background and the Excavations at Jenne-jeno, Part ii: The Regional Survey and Conclusions
This two-part monograph offers a report and interpretation of data collected during an exploratory excavation and regional survey in the Inland Niger Delta... More
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£56.00
Author:
Yousif Mukhtar el Amin
Publication Year:
1981
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860541349
Paperback:
248pp, Includes 69 figures.
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 4
BAR number:
S114
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£58.00
Author:
Abbas S. Mohammed-Ali
Publication Year:
1982
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860541707
Paperback:
254pp. Includes 40 figures.
Sub-series name:
Cambridge monographs in African archaeology, 6
BAR number:
S139
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History and Ethnoarchaeology in Eastern Nigeria
A Study of Igbo-Igala relations with special reference to the Anambra Valley
£72.00
Author:
Philip Adigwe Oguagha and Alex Ikechukwu Okpoko
Publication Year:
1984
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860542490
Paperback:
320pp, Includes figures.
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 7
BAR number:
S195
Sub Title:
A Study of Igbo-Igala relations with special reference to the Anambra Valley
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Meroitic Settlement in the Central Sudan
An Analysis of Sites in the Nile Valley and the Western Butana
£72.00
Author:
Khidir Abdelkarim Ahmed
Publication Year:
1984
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860542520
Paperback:
320pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p289-308
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 8
BAR number:
S197
Sub Title:
An Analysis of Sites in the Nile Valley and the Western Butana
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£64.00
Author:
Charles Cable
Publication Year:
1984
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860542582
Paperback:
282pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p253-267
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 9
BAR number:
S201
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Frontiers
Southern African Archaeology Today
£81.00
Editors:
M. Hall, G. Avery, D. M. Avery, M. L. Wilson and A. J. B. Humphreys
Publication Year:
1984
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860542681
Paperback:
394pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliographies
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 10
BAR number:
S207
Sub Title:
Southern African Archaeology Today
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£92.00
Author:
Janette Deacon
Publication Year:
1984
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860542766
Paperback:
464pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p.412-441
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 12
BAR number:
S213
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Archaeology and History in Southern Nigeria, Parts i and ii
The ancient linear earthworks of Benin and Ishan. Part i: Fieldwork and background information, Part ii: Ceramic and other specialist studies
£95.00
Author:
P. J. Darling
Publication Year:
1984
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860542759
Paperback:
556 pages. Two volume set. Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography.
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 11
BAR number:
S215
Sub Title:
The ancient linear earthworks of Benin and Ishan. Part i: Fieldwork and background information, Part ii: Ceramic and other specialist studies
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£77.00
Author:
John Webster Barthelme
Publication Year:
1985
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543251
Paperback:
370pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p353-364
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 13
BAR number:
S254
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£77.00
Author:
Alfred Muzzolini
Publication Year:
1986
Language:
French
ISBN:
9780860544067
Paperback:
372pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p335-345. Index.
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 16
BAR number:
S318
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£61.00
Author:
Pamela R. Willoughby
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544104
Paperback:
266pp
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 17
BAR number:
S321
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£66.00
Author:
H. Opperman
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544371
Paperback:
290pp
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 19
BAR number:
S339
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£45.00
Author:
Anthony Manhire
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544548
Paperback:
198pp, Includes illustrations in black and white, maps.
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 21
BAR number:
S351
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L'art rupestre du Fezzan septentrional (Libye)
Widyan Zreda et Tarut (Wadi esh-Shati)
£86.00
Author:
Jean-Loïc Le Quellec
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
French
ISBN:
9780860544739
Paperback:
418pp
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 22
BAR number:
S365
Sub Title:
Widyan Zreda et Tarut (Wadi esh-Shati)
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Archaeology and Environment in the Libyan Sahara
The excavations in the Tadrart Acacus, 1978- 1983
£77.00
Editors:
Barbara E. Barich with contributions by Massimo Baistrocchi, Giorgio Belluomini, Isabella Caneva, Angela E. Close, Achilles Gautier, Luigia Manfra, Bruno Marcolongo, Alberto M. Palmieri, Erhard Schulz and Sandra Y. Vons-Comis
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544746
Paperback:
356pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p341-347. With additional material online (foldouts of maps and diagrams).
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 23
BAR number:
S368
Sub Title:
The excavations in the Tadrart Acacus, 1978- 1983
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£35.00
Author:
J. M. Feely
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544869
Paperback:
146pp
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 24
BAR number:
S378
Sub Title:
Before A.D. 1870
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£58.00
Editors:
John Bower and David Lubell
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545200
Paperback:
252pp
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 26
BAR number:
S405
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Zooarchaeology in the Middle Nile Valley
A Study of four Neolithic Sites near Khartoum
£39.00
Author:
Ali Tigani ElMahi
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545392
Paperback:
166pp
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 27
BAR number:
S418
Sub Title:
A Study of four Neolithic Sites near Khartoum
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El Geili
The History of a Middle Nile Environment, 7000 B.C.-A.D. 1500
£86.00
Editors:
I. Caneva with contributions by Patrizia Baracchini, Alfredo Coppa, Vincenzo Francaviglia, Ezio Fulcheri, Achilles Gautier, Alessandro Lentini, Bruno Marcolongo, Alberto M. Palmieri, Maria Reddavid and Guiseppe Scala
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545484
Paperback:
414pp
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 29
BAR number:
S424
Sub Title:
The History of a Middle Nile Environment, 7000 B.C.-A.D. 1500
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£64.00
Author:
Natalie Tobert with ilustrations by Graham S. Reed
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545743
Paperback:
280pp
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 30
BAR number:
S445
Sub Title:
Settlement and Transcience
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Houlouf 1
Archéologie des sociétés protohistoriques du Nord-Cameroun
£77.00
Author:
Augustin Holl
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
French
ISBN:
9780860545866
Paperback:
356pp. With additional material online (foldout of figure 40).
Sub-series name:
Cambridge monographs in African archaeology, 32
BAR number:
S456
Sub Title:
Archéologie des sociétés protohistoriques du Nord-Cameroun
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The Predynastic Lithic Industries of Upper Egypt, Parts i and ii
A comparative study of the lithic traditions of Badari, Nagada and Hierakonpolis
£92.00
Author:
Diane L. Holmes
Publication Year:
1989
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860546016
Paperback:
518 pages. Two volume set.
Sub-series name:
Cambridge monographs in African archaeology, 33
BAR number:
S469
Sub Title:
A comparative study of the lithic traditions of Badari, Nagada and Hierakonpolis
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£66.00
Author:
Kathlyn Moore Stewart
Publication Year:
1989
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860546627
Paperback:
292pp
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 34
BAR number:
S521
Sub Title:
Environmental Change and Human Adaptation
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Plant Domestication in the Middle Nile Basin
An Archaeoethnobotanical Case Study
£77.00
Author:
Anwar Abdel-Magid
Publication Year:
1989
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860546641
Paperback:
374pp
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 35
BAR number:
S523
Sub Title:
An Archaeoethnobotanical Case Study
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£58.00
Author:
David N. Edwards
Publication Year:
1989
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860546825
Paperback:
252pp
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 36
BAR number:
S537
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£92.00
Author:
Kolawole David Aiyedun & Thurstan Shaw
Publication Year:
1989
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860546849
Paperback:
452pp
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 37
BAR number:
S541
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The Archaeology of the Meroitic State
New perspectives on its social and political organisation
£38.00
Author:
David N. Edwards
Publication Year:
1996
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548256
Paperback:
146pp
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 38
BAR number:
S640
Sub Title:
New perspectives on its social and political organisation
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£74.00
Author:
Ibrahim Musa Mohammed
Publication Year:
1986
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543671
Paperback:
330 pages
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 14
BAR number:
S285
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£39.00
Author:
Judith Sealy
Publication Year:
1986
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860543763
Paperback:
162pp
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 15
BAR number:
S293
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£60.00
Author:
Randi Haaland
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544531
Paperback:
264pp
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 20
BAR number:
S350
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£62.00
Author:
Lyn Wadley
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544920
Paperback:
274pp
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 25
BAR number:
S380
Sub Title:
Social and ecological interpretation
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The Niger Delta
Aspects of its Prehistoric Economy and Culture
£66.00
Author:
Nwanna Nzewunwa
Publication Year:
1980
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860540830
Paperback:
286pp, Includes 61 figures.
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 1
BAR number:
S75
Sub Title:
Aspects of its Prehistoric Economy and Culture
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Off-Site Archaeology and Human Adaptation in Eastern Africa
An Analysis of Regional Artefact Density in the Amboseli, Southern Kenya
£62.00
Author:
Robert Foley
Publication Year:
1981
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860541141
Paperback:
274pp, Includes 48 figures.
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 3
BAR number:
S97
Sub Title:
An Analysis of Regional Artefact Density in the Amboseli, Southern Kenya
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£48.00
Author:
Martin Hall
Publication Year:
1981
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860541431
Paperback:
204pp, Includes 46 figures.
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 5
BAR number:
S119
Sub Title:
An Ecological Interpretation
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The Royal Crowns of Kush
A study in Middle Nile Valley regalia and iconography in the 1st millennia B.C. and A.D.
£39.00
Author:
Lázló Török
Publication Year:
1987
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860544326
Paperback:
162pp, Includes illustrations, plans, bibliography: p80-85. With additional material online (foldout of Chart 1).
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 18
BAR number:
S338
Sub Title:
A study in Middle Nile Valley regalia and iconography in the 1st millennia B.C. and A.D.
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Shellfish in Prehistoric Diet
Elands Bay, S.W. Cape Coast, South Africa
£62.00
Author:
W. F. Buchanan
Publication Year:
1988
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860545842
Paperback:
274pp
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 31
BAR number:
S455
Sub Title:
Elands Bay, S.W. Cape Coast, South Africa
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Islam, Archaeology and History
Gao Region (Mali) ca. AD 900 - 1250
£37.00
Author:
Timothy Insoll
Publication Year:
1996
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860548324
Paperback:
152 pages
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology), 39
BAR number:
S647
Sub Title:
Gao Region (Mali) ca. AD 900 - 1250
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Swahili Urbanisation, Trade and Food Production
Botanical perspectives from Pemba Island, Tanzania, AD 600-1500
£47.00
Author:
Sarah Walshaw
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407314167
Paperback:
138pp, Illustrated throughout in black and white
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 90
BAR number:
S2755
Sub Title:
Botanical perspectives from Pemba Island, Tanzania, AD 600-1500
This monograph examines Swahili plant subsistence and food production patterns through the analysis of macrobotanical remains from four... More
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£49.00
Author:
Freda Nkirote M'Mbogori
Publication Year:
2015
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407313702
Paperback:
154pp, Illustrated throughout in black and white
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 89
BAR number:
S2717
This research is a departure from the traditional archaeological pottery analysis in Kenya, where emphasis has been on decorations and... More
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