The Resource Forgotten Africa : an introduction to its archaeology, Graham Connah
Forgotten Africa : an introduction to its archaeology, Graham Connah
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- Summary
- "Forgotten Africa introduces the general reader and beginning student to Africa's past, emphasizing those aspects only known or best known from archaeological and related evidence. It covers four million years of history across the continent, examining important aspects of Africa's momentous human story. The author is concerned to raise public awareness, both inside and outside Africa, to this frequently overlooked and often forgotten subject."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiii, 193 pages
- Contents
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- Africa : the birthplace of humanity
- Stone tools and adaptation : the origins of the genus Homo
- Africa's gift to the world : the earliest Homo sapiens
- Living off the land : later hunter gatherers in Africa
- Putting ideas on stone : the rock art of southern Africa
- Pictures from a lost world : the rock art of the Sahara
- Producing food : early developments in North and West Africa
- Producing food : adaptation in North-East and East Africa
- The power of metal : the origins of African iron-working
- Ancient Egypt : 3000 years of achievement
- Nubia : a meeting place of different people
- Aksum : a trading metropolis on the Ethiopian Plateau
- Church and state : survival in Ethiopia
- Opportunity and constraint : the Lake Chad story
- Facing the Mediterranean : Carthaginian, Greek and Roman North Africa
- Qsar es-Seghir : front door to Europe, front door to Africa
- Jenné-jeno : an early city on the Middle Niger
- Voyages in the Sahara : the desert trade with West Africa
- Igbo-Ukwu : a challenge from the past
- Ancestral faces : ancient sculpture in Nigeria
- Benin City : from forest power to world fame
- Pots and people : early farmers south of the Equator
- The testimony of the dead : life in the Upemba Depression
- 'One beautiful garden' : production and power amongst the Great Lakes
- Facing two worlds : the trading settlements of the East African coast
- Projecting power : Great Zimbabwe and related sites
- Deserted settlements with a story : later farmers in Southern Africa
- Outsiders on the inside : the impact of European expansion
- Remembering Africa's past
- Isbn
- 9780203511800
- Label
- Forgotten Africa : an introduction to its archaeology
- Title
- Forgotten Africa
- Title remainder
- an introduction to its archaeology
- Statement of responsibility
- Graham Connah
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Forgotten Africa introduces the general reader and beginning student to Africa's past, emphasizing those aspects only known or best known from archaeological and related evidence. It covers four million years of history across the continent, examining important aspects of Africa's momentous human story. The author is concerned to raise public awareness, both inside and outside Africa, to this frequently overlooked and often forgotten subject."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Connah, Graham
- Dewey number
- 960/.1
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DT13
- LC item number
- .C66 2004
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Excavations (Archaeology)
- Africa
- Antiquities
- Excavations (Archaeology)
- Africa
- Archäologie
- Afrika
- Archéologie
- Archäologie
- Afrika
- Label
- Forgotten Africa : an introduction to its archaeology, Graham Connah
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-185) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
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- rdacontent
- Contents
- Africa : the birthplace of humanity -- Stone tools and adaptation : the origins of the genus Homo -- Africa's gift to the world : the earliest Homo sapiens -- Living off the land : later hunter gatherers in Africa -- Putting ideas on stone : the rock art of southern Africa -- Pictures from a lost world : the rock art of the Sahara -- Producing food : early developments in North and West Africa -- Producing food : adaptation in North-East and East Africa -- The power of metal : the origins of African iron-working -- Ancient Egypt : 3000 years of achievement -- Nubia : a meeting place of different people -- Aksum : a trading metropolis on the Ethiopian Plateau -- Church and state : survival in Ethiopia -- Opportunity and constraint : the Lake Chad story -- Facing the Mediterranean : Carthaginian, Greek and Roman North Africa -- Qsar es-Seghir : front door to Europe, front door to Africa -- Jenné-jeno : an early city on the Middle Niger -- Voyages in the Sahara : the desert trade with West Africa -- Igbo-Ukwu : a challenge from the past -- Ancestral faces : ancient sculpture in Nigeria -- Benin City : from forest power to world fame -- Pots and people : early farmers south of the Equator -- The testimony of the dead : life in the Upemba Depression -- 'One beautiful garden' : production and power amongst the Great Lakes -- Facing two worlds : the trading settlements of the East African coast -- Projecting power : Great Zimbabwe and related sites -- Deserted settlements with a story : later farmers in Southern Africa -- Outsiders on the inside : the impact of European expansion -- Remembering Africa's past
- Control code
- ocm54356664
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 193 pages
- Isbn
- 9780203511800
- Lccn
- 2004002073
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o54356664
- (OCoLC)54356664
- Label
- Forgotten Africa : an introduction to its archaeology, Graham Connah
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-185) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Africa : the birthplace of humanity -- Stone tools and adaptation : the origins of the genus Homo -- Africa's gift to the world : the earliest Homo sapiens -- Living off the land : later hunter gatherers in Africa -- Putting ideas on stone : the rock art of southern Africa -- Pictures from a lost world : the rock art of the Sahara -- Producing food : early developments in North and West Africa -- Producing food : adaptation in North-East and East Africa -- The power of metal : the origins of African iron-working -- Ancient Egypt : 3000 years of achievement -- Nubia : a meeting place of different people -- Aksum : a trading metropolis on the Ethiopian Plateau -- Church and state : survival in Ethiopia -- Opportunity and constraint : the Lake Chad story -- Facing the Mediterranean : Carthaginian, Greek and Roman North Africa -- Qsar es-Seghir : front door to Europe, front door to Africa -- Jenné-jeno : an early city on the Middle Niger -- Voyages in the Sahara : the desert trade with West Africa -- Igbo-Ukwu : a challenge from the past -- Ancestral faces : ancient sculpture in Nigeria -- Benin City : from forest power to world fame -- Pots and people : early farmers south of the Equator -- The testimony of the dead : life in the Upemba Depression -- 'One beautiful garden' : production and power amongst the Great Lakes -- Facing two worlds : the trading settlements of the East African coast -- Projecting power : Great Zimbabwe and related sites -- Deserted settlements with a story : later farmers in Southern Africa -- Outsiders on the inside : the impact of European expansion -- Remembering Africa's past
- Control code
- ocm54356664
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 193 pages
- Isbn
- 9780203511800
- Lccn
- 2004002073
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o54356664
- (OCoLC)54356664
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