Author: James L. Forde-Johnston
Publisher: [Liverpool] : Liverpool University Press
ISBN:
Category : Stone age
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Neolithic Cultures of North Africa
Author: James L. Forde-Johnston
Publisher: [Liverpool] : Liverpool University Press
ISBN:
Category : Stone age
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher: [Liverpool] : Liverpool University Press
ISBN:
Category : Stone age
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Africa, the Cradle of Human Diversity
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004500227
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
This book explores important chapters of past and recent African history from a multidisciplinary perspective. It covers an extensive time range from the evolution of early humans to the complex cultural and genetic diversity of modern-day populations in Africa. Through a comprehensive list of chapters, the book focuses on different time-periods, geographic regions and cultural and biological aspects of human diversity across the continent. Each chapter summarises current knowledge with perspectives from a varied set of international researchers from diverse areas of expertise. The book provides a valuable resource for scholars interested in evolutionary history and human diversity in Africa. Contributors are Shaun Aron, Ananyo Choudhury, Bernard Clist, Cesar Fortes-Lima, Rosa Fregel, Jackson S. Kimambo, Faye Lander , Marlize Lombard, Fidelis T. Masao, Ezekia Mtetwa, Gilbert Pwiti, Michèle Ramsay, Thembi Russell, Carina Schlebusch, Dhriti Sengupta, Plan Shenjere-Nyabezi, Mário Vicente.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004500227
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
This book explores important chapters of past and recent African history from a multidisciplinary perspective. It covers an extensive time range from the evolution of early humans to the complex cultural and genetic diversity of modern-day populations in Africa. Through a comprehensive list of chapters, the book focuses on different time-periods, geographic regions and cultural and biological aspects of human diversity across the continent. Each chapter summarises current knowledge with perspectives from a varied set of international researchers from diverse areas of expertise. The book provides a valuable resource for scholars interested in evolutionary history and human diversity in Africa. Contributors are Shaun Aron, Ananyo Choudhury, Bernard Clist, Cesar Fortes-Lima, Rosa Fregel, Jackson S. Kimambo, Faye Lander , Marlize Lombard, Fidelis T. Masao, Ezekia Mtetwa, Gilbert Pwiti, Michèle Ramsay, Thembi Russell, Carina Schlebusch, Dhriti Sengupta, Plan Shenjere-Nyabezi, Mário Vicente.
The Neolithic Cultures of Northern Africa
Author: James Leo FORDE-JOHNSTON
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Neoplithic Cultures of North Africa, Aspects of One Phase Io the Development of the African Stone Age Cultures
Author: J. L. Forde-Johnaton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Neolitic Cultures of North Africa
Author: J. L. Forde-Johnston
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Problems in prehistory: North Africa and the Levant
Author: Fred Wendorf
Publisher: Smu Press
ISBN: 9780870741463
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Publisher: Smu Press
ISBN: 9780870741463
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
African-Berber Culture
Author: Bert Flint
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789954917978
Category : Africa, North
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789954917978
Category : Africa, North
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Stone Age of Northern Africa
Author: Charles Brian Montagu McBurney
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Paleolithic period
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Paleolithic period
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
General History of Africa
Author: International Scientific Committee for the drafting of a General History of Africa
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
ISBN: 9789231017070
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
One of UNESCO's most important publishing projects in the last thirty years, the General History of Africa marks a major breakthrough in the recognition of Africa's cultural heritage. Offering an internal perspective of Africa, the eight-volume work provides a comprehensive approach to the history of ideas, civilizations, societies and institutions of African history. The volumes also discuss historical relationships among Africans as well as multilateral interactions with other cultures and continents.
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
ISBN: 9789231017070
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
One of UNESCO's most important publishing projects in the last thirty years, the General History of Africa marks a major breakthrough in the recognition of Africa's cultural heritage. Offering an internal perspective of Africa, the eight-volume work provides a comprehensive approach to the history of ideas, civilizations, societies and institutions of African history. The volumes also discuss historical relationships among Africans as well as multilateral interactions with other cultures and continents.
Holocene Settlement of the Egyptian Sahara
Author: Fred Wendorf
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461506530
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
by Fred Wendorf and Romuald Schild The Eastern Sahara is a fascinating place to study structures. These larger, more complex sites are almost prehistory. Confronted with the stark reality of a hyper always in the lower parts of large basins, most of which arid environment that receives no measurable rainfall, were formed by deflation during the Late Pleistocene lacks vegetation, and is seemingly without life, it would hyper-arid interval between about 65,000 and 13,000 seem to be an unlikely place to find a rich and complex years ago. Their location near the floor of these basins mosaic of archaeological remains documenting past was influenced primarily by one factor - water. During human presence. Despite this impression of a hostile wet phases, runoff from extensive catchment areas environment, there is widespread and abundant caused the development of large, deep, seasonal lakes, archaeological evidence. or playas, in the lowermost parts of these basins. This It is obvious that this area was not always a lifeless surface water would last for several weeks or months desert. Faunal and plant remains found in the excavations after the seasonal rains, and by digging wells after the at Holocene-age settlements, dating between 9500 and playa became dry, water could still be obtained during 5000 radiocarbon years ago, indicate that rainfall during most, if not all, of the dry season.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461506530
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
by Fred Wendorf and Romuald Schild The Eastern Sahara is a fascinating place to study structures. These larger, more complex sites are almost prehistory. Confronted with the stark reality of a hyper always in the lower parts of large basins, most of which arid environment that receives no measurable rainfall, were formed by deflation during the Late Pleistocene lacks vegetation, and is seemingly without life, it would hyper-arid interval between about 65,000 and 13,000 seem to be an unlikely place to find a rich and complex years ago. Their location near the floor of these basins mosaic of archaeological remains documenting past was influenced primarily by one factor - water. During human presence. Despite this impression of a hostile wet phases, runoff from extensive catchment areas environment, there is widespread and abundant caused the development of large, deep, seasonal lakes, archaeological evidence. or playas, in the lowermost parts of these basins. This It is obvious that this area was not always a lifeless surface water would last for several weeks or months desert. Faunal and plant remains found in the excavations after the seasonal rains, and by digging wells after the at Holocene-age settlements, dating between 9500 and playa became dry, water could still be obtained during 5000 radiocarbon years ago, indicate that rainfall during most, if not all, of the dry season.