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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.

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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£67.00
Author:
Vanni Beltrami
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
Italian with English summaries
ISBN:
9781407301020
Paperback:
263pp, Illustrated throughout with maps photographs plans and drawings. With additional material online (colour photographs).
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 71
BAR number:
S1667
Sub Title:
Dalla Preistoria ai tempi dei nomadi Tubu From prehistory to the times of the nomadic Tubus
The Tubus are a diversified pastoral nomadic people who speak two very similar dialects and form a single cultural community, extending... More
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Hunter-Gatherers and Farmers
An enduring frontier in the Caledon Valley, South Africa
£29.00
Author:
Carolyn  R. Thorp
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841710617
Paperback:
104pp, Includes 34 figures and maps
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 50
BAR number:
S860
Sub Title:
An enduring frontier in the Caledon Valley, South Africa
The book investigates the effects on huter-gatherers of a hypothesised frontier with agriculturalists in the Caledon Valley. The frontier hypothesis was... More
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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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Holocene Prehistory of the Southern Cape, South Africa
Excavations at Blombos Cave and the Blombosfontein Nature Reserve
£46.00
Author:
Christopher Stuart Henshilwood
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407303437
Paperback:
182pp, Includes 121 figures, maps, plans, tables, drawings and photographs
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 75
BAR number:
S1860
Sub Title:
Excavations at Blombos Cave and the Blombosfontein Nature Reserve
During 1992/3 nine Later Stone Age (LSA) coastal midden sites ranging in age from 6960 BP to 290 BP, and representing 28 depositional... More
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£47.00
Author:
Karega-Munene
Publication Year:
2002
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841714172
Paperback:
187pp, Includes numerous figures, maps and tables.
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 54
BAR number:
S1037
The problem of subsistence has received little attention in East African archaeology. Various models of human subsistence strategies have... More
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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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£82.00
Author:
Daniel Rhodes
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407306360
Paperback:
323pp, Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 79
BAR number:
S2075
Sub Title:
A comparative study
By conducting a study of archaeology and the built environment within an East African context, this monograph aims to actively promote... More
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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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£94.00
Author:
Stéphane Pradines
Publication Year:
2004
Language:
French
ISBN:
9781841715766
Paperback:
378pp, Includes 288 figures, tables, maps, plans, photographs, drawings
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 58
BAR number:
S1216
The subject in this, Number 58 of the series of Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, is the range of fortifications on the East... More
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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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£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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