Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology – serie
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QSAR, type d’implantation humaine au Sahara: architecture du Sud Algérien
Häftad, 2016
777 kr
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The qṣar corresponds to a type of human settlement widely distributed in the Sahara desert, including many examples located today in southern Morocco, southern Algeria, southern Tunisia, Libya, Mauritania and Mali. This architectural model is characterised by its use over a wide-ranging time span – …
Reinterpreting chronology and society at the mortuary complex of Jebel Moya (Sudan)
Häftad, 2016
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Jebel Moya (south-central Sudan) is the largest known pastoral cemetery in sub- Saharan Africa with more than 3100 excavated human burials. This research revises our understanding of Jebel Moya and its context. After reviewing previous applications of social complexity theory to mortuary data, new …
Archival Theory, Chronology and Interpretation of Rock Art in the Western Cape, South Africa
Häftad, 2016
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Since absolute dating of rock art is limited, relative chronologies remain useful in contextualising interpretations of ancient images. This book advocates the archival capacity of rock art and uses archival perspectives to analyse the chronology of paintings in order to formulate a framework for …
Eastern Sudan in its Setting
The archaeology of a region far from the Nile Valley
Av Andrea Manzo
Häftad, 2017
479 kr
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Eastern Sudan, like other regions far away from the Nile valley, has often been overlooked historically on account of a kind of prejudice towards areas lacking in monumental or urban remains or evidence of any literary production. Despite the relevance of the deserts and marginal areas becoming …
Le massif de Lovo, sur les traces du royaume de Kongo
Häftad, 2017
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Unlike the Sahara or Southern Africa, the rock art of Central Africa is still largely unknown today. Despite being reported as early as the 16th century by Diego del Santissimo Sacramento, the rock art of the Kongo Central, an area encompassing parts of modern day Angola, Cabinda, the Republic of …
Ceramic manufacturing techniques and cultural traditions in Nubia from the 8th to the 3rd millennium BC
Examples from Sai Island
Häftad, 2017
637 kr
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In Sudan the first ceramic containers appeared at the beginning of the 9th millennium BC, with the earliest dates c. 8700 BC from Sorourab 2, in Central Sudan, and c. 8600 BC from the district of Amara West, in Northern Sudan.This book presents a comprehensive critical analysis of diverse ceramic …
Cutting Edge: Khoe-San rock-markings at the Gestoptefontein-Driekuil engraving complex, North West Province, South Africa
Häftad, 2017
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This book addresses the rock engravings on the wonderstone hills just outside Ottosdal, North West province, South Africa. Wonderstone is remarkable rock that is smooth, shiny and very easy to mark. The wonderstone occurs only on two adjacent farms, Gestoptefontein and Driekuil, and thus the rock …
Painted Ridge: Rock art and performance in the Maclear District, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Häftad, 2019
558 kr
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A Painted Ridge is a book about the San (Bushmen) practice of rock painting. In it, David Witelson explores a suite of spatially close San rock painting sites in the Maclear District of South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province. As a suite, the sites are remarkable because, despite their proximity to …
Living with Heritage: The Case of Tsodilo World Heritage Site and Neighbouring Localities
Häftad, 2019
489 kr
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Cultural Heritage Management in most parts of Africa has been concerned and focused on conservation and preservation of cultural and natural heritage and the development of sites for tourism and economic benefit. In this venture, the tangible heritage such as monuments and landscapes become the …
Foragers in the middle Limpopo Valley: Trade, Place-making, and Social Complexity
Av Tim Forssman
Häftad, 2020
558 kr
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Between the last centuries BC and the early second millennium AD, central southern Africa witnessed massive social change. Several landscapes hosted a variety of socio-political developments that led to the establishment of state-level society at Mapungubwe, c. 1220 AD in the middle Limpopo Valley. …
Kingdom of Makuria and its Civilization
A Renewed Insight through New Archaeological Discoveries
Av Ahmed Hussein Abdelrahman Adam
Häftad, 2026
448 kr
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This volume offers a fresh reassessment of the Kingdom of Makuria, one of medieval Nubia’s most significant Christian states, through the integration of new archaeological discoveries and a critical re-evaluation of earlier research. Moving beyond traditional site-focused studies, it situates …
