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Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology (now African Archaeology)

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

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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£69.00
Author:
Joseph W. Michels
Publication Year:
2005
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841718828
Paperback:
273pp, Includes 55 tables, 59 figures, maps drawings plans and photographs. 6 Appendices of data
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 64
BAR number:
S1446
In this volume the author takes a regional perspective to examine Aksumite sites (the Horn of Africa) from 700 BC to 850 AD in their... More
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£68.00
Author:
Joséphine Lesur
Publication Year:
2007
Language:
French with English abstract
ISBN:
9781407300191
Paperback:
270pp, Includes 105 figures, maps, plans, drawings and photographs, 49 tables, 3 data Appendices
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 68
BAR number:
S1602
The main goal of this research is to know the exploitation of the faunal diversity during the Holocene in the Horn of Africa, especially... More
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£29.00
Author:
V. Emenike Chikwendu with contributions by M.O.E. Iwala, S.G.H. Daniels, D.C. Nwankiti and A.C. Onyeagocha
Publication Year:
1998
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860549215
Paperback:
116pp, Includes black and white photos and line drawings.
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 44
BAR number:
S734
Sub Title:
Excavations in Afikpo
Excavations at the Ugwuagu Rockshelter and the Ugwuagu Abandoned Village Sites, all in Afikpo, form the basis of this book. The excavations were carried out... 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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£46.00
Author:
Andrew James McGregor
Publication Year:
2001
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841712857
Paperback:
183pp, Includes 5 maps, 19 plates.
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 53
BAR number:
S1006
Sub Title:
Problems in historical reconstruction
Volume 53 in the series of Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology focuses on the old sultanate of Darfur, in the westen part of... More
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£43.00
Author:
Andrea Manzo
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
French
ISBN:
9781841710020
Paperback:
168pp, Includes 61 figures
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 48
BAR number:
S782
Sub Title:
Une synthèsepréliminaire
The study of social and cultural changes which occurred in the period between 3000 and 1000 BC in the areas bordering the Nile and the... More
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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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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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Ethno-Archaeology in Jenné, Mali
Craft and status among smiths, potters and masons
£40.00
Author:
Adria LaViolette
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841710433
Paperback:
156pp, Includes 41 plates with black and white photographs, maps
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 49
BAR number:
S838
Sub Title:
Craft and status among smiths, potters and masons
This is an ethnoarcaheological study exploring social and economic lives of specialized producers: blacksmiths, potters and masons,... More
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£41.00
Author:
Anne Haour
Publication Year:
2003
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841715063
Paperback:
165pp, Includes 58 figures, maps, plans, drawings, photographs (including 5 in colour), 13 tables.
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 56
BAR number:
S1133
Sub Title:
The site of Kufan Kanawa
The need for archaeological research in the Hausa area is very real. What work has been done is often casual and cursory. Considering... More
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Ethnohistoric Archaeology of the Mukogodo in North-Central Kenya
Hunter-gatherer subsistence and the transition to pastoralism in secondary settings
£29.00
Author:
Kennedy K. Mutundu
Publication Year:
1999
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860549901
Paperback:
116pp, Includes line drawings, maps, tables.
Sub-series name:
Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, 47
BAR number:
S775
Sub Title:
Hunter-gatherer subsistence and the transition to pastoralism in secondary settings
This study addresses the issue of recent hunter-gatherer subsistence and adoption of herding through excavation and analysis of archaeological material from... More
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