Outsiders and Strangers - An Archaeology of Liminality in West Africa

Asking what archaeology can bring to the debate on liminal peoples in West African societies, and drawing together for the first time the extensive literature on the subject of outsiders, this volume looks in detail at the role outsiders played in the past 1000 years of the West African past, in particular in the construction of great empires.

Table des matières

• Preface


• Acknowledgments


• List of Figures


• 1: Introduction


• 2: Rulers from Afar


• 3: Strangers, Traders


• 4: Craft Specialists


• 5: Empires


• 6: Conclusion


• Bibliography


• Index

A propos de l'auteur

Anne Haour is a Reader in the Arts & Archaeology of Africa at the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom. An archaeologist with a background in anthropology, she has written widely on the West African past and developed theoretical questions in several publications.

Résumé

Asking what archaeology can bring to the debate on liminal peoples in West African societies, and drawing together for the first time the extensive literature on the subject of outsiders, this volume looks in detail at the role outsiders played in the past 1000 years of the West African past, in particular in the construction of great empires.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Anne Haour, Haour Anne
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 25.07.2013
• EAN: 9780199697748
• ISBN: 978-0-19-969774-8
• Pages: 224
• Dimensions: 147 mm x 224 mm x 22 mm
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Africa / West, Material Culture, African History, Archaeology by period / region, West Africa