The epistemology of West African settlements
By: edited by Bassey W. Andah.
Contributors: Andah, Bassey W.
Series: African peoples and their cultural resources series,; no. 2; African peoples and their cultural resources ;; no. 2.
Publisher: West African Journal of Archaeology
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Ibadan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
Subjects: Human settlements -- Africa, West -- History.; Cities and towns -- Africa, West -- History.; Urbanization -- Africa, West -- History.; Africa, West -- Antiquities.
Other titles: West African journal of archaeology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"Special Issue: Vol. 25, no. 1, 1995"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the sociology of settlement history; title: The earliest human occupation and settlement in West Africa / B. W. Andah; title: Settlement types and late stone age colonization of the Chadian Plain / Augustin F.C. Holl; title: The peopling of parts of West Africa with special reference to the Niger-Benue confluence : a review of the evidence / Z.A. Gundu; title: Early iron smelting in Africa : a review / E.E. Okafor; title: Early urban societies and settlements of the Guinea and Savannah Regions of West Africa / B.W. Andah; title: Indigenous building construction in Southern Ghana : some aspects of technology and history / V.K.T. Farrar; title: Socio-cultural and economic meaning of settlement configurations in Africa : some West African examples / C.A. Folorunso.