Forgotten Africa
Subtitle: an introduction to its archaeology
By: Graham Connah.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology) -- Africa; Africa -- Antiquities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Africa : the birthplace of humanity; title: Stone tools and adaptation : the origins of the genus homo; title: Africa's gift to the world : the earliest homo sapiens; title: Living off the land : later hunter gatherers in Africa; title: Putting ideas on stone : the rock art of Southern Africa; title: Pictures from a lost world : the rock art of the Sahara; title: Producing food : early developments in North and West Africa; title: Producing food : adaptation in North East and East Africa; title: The power of metal : the origins of African iron-working; title: Ancient Egypt : 3000 years of achievement; title: Nubia : a meeting place of different people; title: Aksum : a trading metropolis on the Ethiopian plateau; title: Church and state : survival in Ethiopia; title: Opportunity and constraint : the Lake Chad story; title: Facing the Mediterranean : Carthaginian, Greek and Roman North Africa; title: Qsar Es-Seghir : front door to Europe, front door to Africa; title: Jenné-Jeno : an early city on the Middle Niger; title: Voyages in the Sahara : the desert trade with West Africa; title: Igbo-Ukwu : a challenge from the past; title: Ancestral faces : ancient sculpture in Nigeria; title: Benin City : from forest power to world fame; title: Pots and people : early farmers south of the Equator; title: The testimony of the dead : life in the Upemba Depression; title: 'One beautiful garden' : production and power amongst the Great Lakes; title: Facing two worlds : the trading settlements of the East African coast; title: Projecting power : Great Zimbabwe and related sites; title: Deserted settlements with a story : later farmers in Southern Africa; title: Outsiders on the inside : the impact of European expansion; title: Remembering Africa's past.