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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.

Memory and the Mountain
Environmental Relations of the Wachagga of Kilimanjaro and Implications for Landscape Archaeology
£32.00
Author:
Timothy A R Clack
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407301174
Paperback:
119pp, Includes 26 maps, plans, drawings and photographs, 3 Appendices
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 72
BAR number:
S1679
Sub Title:
Environmental Relations of the Wachagga of Kilimanjaro and Implications for Landscape Archaeology
This book considers the relationships between memory, experience and landscape from insights gained conducting ethnographic research; its... More
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£31.00
Author:
Tereba Togola
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407301785
Paperback:
125pp, Includes 13 tables, 66 figures, 2 data Appendices and Gazetteer
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 73
BAR number:
S1736
The African region traditionally known to Malians as the Méma is a plain of deep alluvial deposits that lies west of the current... More
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£39.00
Editors:
Timothy Insoll
Publication Year:
2008
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407303345
Paperback:
153pp, Illustrated throughout with figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 74
BAR number:
S1847
This work presents and evaluates internal perspectives on the profile of archaeology in the University of Ghana, Legon, internationally,... More
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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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£40.00
Author:
Laurel Phillipson with an introduction by Rodolfo Fattovich
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407304083
Paperback:
161pp, Illustrated throughout with figures, plans, drawings and photographs
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 77
BAR number:
S1926
In this book the author presents the results of more than ten years of systematic fieldwork and analysis of the stone tool assemblages in... More
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An Archaeological and Geomorphological Survey of the Luangwa Valley, Zambia
An Archaeological and Geomorphological Survey of the Luangwa Valley, Zambia
£53.00
Author:
Dan Colton
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407305974
Paperback:
210pp, Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, drawings, figures, tables and photographs
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 78
BAR number:
S2022
Sub Title:
An Archaeological and Geomorphological Survey of the Luangwa Valley, Zambia
The primary aim of this study of The Luangwa Valley (eastern Zambia), is to assess the integrity of the archaeological record in... More
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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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£40.00
Author:
Per Ditlef Fredriksen
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407309798
Paperback:
147pp, Includes 35 figures, 5 tables
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 80
BAR number:
S2387
The two key themes in this work are 1) the meeting between knowledges about the material world, and 2) the intimate relationships between... More
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Métallurgie du fer et Sociétés africaines
Bilans et nouveaux paradigmes dans la recherche anthropologique et archéologique
£66.00
Editors:
Caroline Robion-Brunner and Bruno Martinelli
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English and French
ISBN:
9781407309880
Paperback:
258pp, Illustrated throughout.
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 81
BAR number:
S2395
Sub Title:
Bilans et nouveaux paradigmes dans la recherche anthropologique et archéologique
This book includes papers presented at a conference at Aix-en-Provence, 23-24 April 2010. More
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Butua and the End of an Era
The effect of the collapse of the Kalanga state on ordinary citizens. An analysis of behaviour under stress
£98.00
Author:
Catharina van Waarden
Publication Year:
2012
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310190
Paperback:
393pp, Illustrated throughout
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 82
BAR number:
S2420
Sub Title:
The effect of the collapse of the Kalanga state on ordinary citizens. An analysis of behaviour under stress
The Kalanga state Butua, which had dominated the Zimbabwe plateau (south central Africa) for four centuries, collapsed in the 1830s due... More
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£55.00
Author:
Frank Winchell
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407310671
Paperback:
247pp, Illustrated throughout
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 83
BAR number:
S2459
This study for the first time provides an in-depth examination of the Butana Group ceramics that in turn represent a large sedentary... More
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£47.00
Editors:
Antonieta Jerardino, Antonia Malan and David Braun
Publication Year:
2013
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407311449
Paperback:
179pp, Illustrated throughout
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 84
BAR number:
S2526
This work presents contributions from South African, European, and North American authors working in academic and governmental institutions. Chapters... More
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