Holocene Saharans - An Anthropological Perspective

Zusammenfassung This book addresses issues of continuity and change in past life-ways as well as radical shifts in techniques, innovation and achievements of the Saharan people during the Holocene period, the last 10,000 years. The project is accomplished through a series of precise case studies, each addressing a topical space-time problem.

List of contents

1. Holocene Saharans: An Anthropological Perspective
2. From Foragers to Herders: The Tadrart-Acacus Gateway
3. Site Formation Processes and Behavioral Inference
4. Tassilian Pastoral Iconography
5. Blacksmiths, Metallurgists and Peasants
6. Before Ghana: Village-Life and Emergent Complexity
7. The Formation of Kanem-Bornu Empire

About the author

Augustin F.C. Holl is Professor of Anthropology and Afroamerican and African studies, and Curator of African Archaeology in the Museum of Anthropology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is the author of 5 books.

Product details

• Authors: Augustin Holl, Augustin F C Holl, Augustin F. C. Holl, Augustin F.C. Holl, HOLL AUGUSTIN
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.06.2004
• EAN: 9780826463487
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-6348-7
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: New Approaches to Anthropologi; New Approaches to Anthropological Archaeology; New Approaches to Anthropologi
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); HISTORY / Africa / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, African History