Title: A history of African archaeology /
Authors: Robertshaw, Peter.
Date: 1990
Publisher: J. Currey ;
Physical description: vii, 378 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: C
Contents: Archaeological studies of human origins & early prehistory in Africa / J.A.J. Gowlett -- Weaving the fabric of Stone Age research in Southern Africa / Janette Deacon -- Hidden history : Iron Age archaeology in Southern Africa / Martin Hall -- The development of archaeology in East Africa / Peter Robertshaw -- Late Quaternary archaeological research in the Horn of Africa / Steven A. Brandt and Rodolfo Fattovich -- Phases and facies in the archaeology of Central Africa / Pierre de Maret -- Archaeology in anglophone West Africa / Françoise J. Kense -- Changing paradigms, goals & and methods in the archaeology of francophone West Africa / Philip de Barros -- Soldiers & bureaucrats : the early history of prehistoric archaeology in the Maghreb / Peter J. Sheppard -- A personal memoir / J. Desmond Clark. (Cont) A personal memoir / Thurstan Shaw -- A personal memoir / P.L. Shinnie -- Egyptology & archaeology / David O'Connor -- Oral traditions, archaeology & history / Peter R. Schmidt -- The study of rock art in Africa / Whitney Davis -- West African archaeology / Augustin Holl -- The history of African archaeology in world perspective / Bruce G. Trigger.
Subject headings (LCSH): Africa--Antiquities.; Archaeology--Africa--History.