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Early Art and Architecture of Africa (Oxford History of Art)
by Peter Garlake  Publisher Comments This new history of over 5,000 years of African art reveals its true diversity for the first time. Challenging centuries of misconceptions that have obscured the sophisticated nature of African art, Garlake focuses on seven key regions--southern Africa...
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African Connections: Archaeological Perspectives on Africa and the Wider World: Archaeological Perspectives on Africa and the Wider World (African Archaeology Series)
by Peter Mitchell Synopsis From the exodus of early modern humans to the growth of African diasporas, Africa has had a long and complex relationship with the outside world. More than a passive vessel manipulated by external empires, the African experience has been a complex mix of...
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African Archaeology (3RD 05 Edition)
by David W. Phillipson Publisher Comments David Phillipson presents an illustrated account of African prehistory, from the origins of humanity through European colonization in this revised and expanded edition of his original work. Phillipson considers Egypt and North Africa in their African...
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The Lost Cities of Africa
by Basil Davidson Synopsis Combining archeological evidence and scholarly research, Davidson traces the exciting development of the rich kingdoms of the lost cities of Africa, fifteen hundred years before European ships first came to African shores....
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Living with Pottery: Ethnoarchaeology Among the Gamo of Southwest Ethiopia
by John W Arthur Book News Annotation Arthur (anthropology, U. of South Florida) looks to one of the few regions of the world that still relies entirely upon home-made pottery to store and prepare household goods such as coffee, grain, and water, in preference to the otherwise ubiquitous...
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The Hunter's Vision: The Prehistoric Art of Zimbabwe
by Peter S Garlake Book News Annotation Analyzes and compares the prehistoric rock paintings of Zimbabwe to show how the artists selected subjects and how the paintings were executed, and discusses the conventions that determined the paintings' styles and forms. Reconstructs the...
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Lost Cities of Africa and Arabia
by David H Childress Synopsis Rogue adventurer and maverick archaeologist Childress takes the reader on unforgettable journeys in search of lost cities and ancient mysteries. Join him as he crosses deserts, mountains, and jungles in search of legendary cities, vast gold treasure...
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African archaeology
by D W Phillipson Publisher Comments An extended and updated survey on the archaeology of Africa in a lucid, fully illustrated account of the origins of humanity to the time of European colonisation....
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Digging for Lost African Gods: The Record of Five Years Archaeological Excavation in North Africa
by Byron K De Prorok Synopsis De Prorok's first book, covering in detail his early career and the logistics of digs in the 1920s....
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Iron Technology in East Africa
by Peter Schmidt Book News Annotation On the iron smelting technology of the Haya people of NW Tanzania. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)...
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African Civilizations: Precolonial Cities & States in Tropical Africa - An Archaeological Perspective
by Graham Connah Publisher Comments Urban settlements and states were a feature of precolonial societies in many parts of Africa. In this study, Graham Connah uses the direct evidence provided by archaeological investigation to demonstrate the complexity of these urban societies, to...
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Stylistic boundaries among mobile hunter-foragers
by C Garth Sampson Publisher Comments In this study of the valley-wide distributions of South African decorative motifs, Sampson pioneers a methodology for etching band-territories out of the archaeological surface trace left by mobile hunter-forager societies....
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Philipp Cave: The Rock Paintings of Southern Africa, Volume Two 1st Edition
by Henri Breuil
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Motya Unearthing a Lost Civilization
by Gaia Servadio
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Quarry: Closing in on the Missing Link
by Noel T. Boaz
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Carthage
by B H Warmington Description Bibliography: p. 243-246....
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Kibiro the Salt of Bunyoro Past Present
by Graham Connah
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Daily Life in Carthage at the Time of Hannibal
by Gilbert Charles-Picard and Colette Charles- Picard
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Prehistory of Arid North Africa: Essays in Honor of Fred Wendorf
by Angela Close
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Search for the Tassili Frescoes Sahara
by Henri Lhote
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