Combining the past and the present
Subtitle: archaeological perspectives on society : proceedings from the conference 'Pre-history in a global perspective' held in Bergen, August 31st-September 2nd 2001, in honour of Professor Randi Haaland's 60th anniversary
By: edited by Terje Oestigaard, Nils Anfinset, Tore Saetersdal.
Contributors: Haaland, Randi.; Oestigaard, Terje.; Anfinset, Nils.; Saetersdal, Tore.
Series: BAR international series ;; 1210
Publisher: Archaeopress; British Archaeological Reports; British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Archaeology -- Congresses.; Social archaeology -- Congresses.; Social archaeology -- Africa -- Congresses.; Africa -- Antiquities -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Other titles: Archaeological perspectives on society
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Sex pots of ancient Peru : post-gender reflections / Joan M. Gero; title: Death and ambivalent materiality- human flesh as culture and cosmology / Terje Oestigaard; title: Bridal jewels- in life and death / Siv Kristoffersen; title: Another F-word? : Feminist gender archaeology / Ericka Engelstad; title: Hunter-gatherer intensification and the straight arrow of progress : Australia and Northwest Europe compared / Peter Rowley-Conwy; title: Metallurgy and pastoral nomads in the chalcolithic of the Southern Levant / Nils Anfinset; title: Iron technology and its social implications : the case of the Fipa of Southwestern Tanzania / Bertram B.B. Mapunda; title: Ethongraphic observations of iron smelting in Nepal: the culture of traditional systems of iron working in Nepal / Suman Rijal; title: The origins of modern human behaviour- exploring the African evidence / Christopher. S. Henshilwood; title: Africa, agriculture and iron / J.E.G. Sutton; title: Bantu ideology and Bantu great tradition / Knut Odner; title: Gender and social structure in the Nubian A-Group / Hans-Åke Nordström; title: Graeco-Roman documents about Azania : a new look at some controversial issues / Felix A. Chami; title: Archaeological research in the Farafra Oasis (Egypt) : contribution to the study of early cultivation in the Eastern Sahara / Barbara E. Barich; title: Food resources at Chibuene and Manyikeni, two archaeological sites in Southern Mozambique / Amelie Berger; title: Discussion on the relationship between early iron pottery tradition of Kwale ware and later pottery tradition of Tana ware. The Dakawa pottery assemblage venue for discussion / Chediel S. Msuya; title: Archaeology and identity: some examples from Southern Africa / Paul Sinclair; title: Communing with the dead: an ethnoarchaeological interpretation of Shona mortuary practices / McEdward Murimbika; title: Archaeology and cultural heritage management in Mozambique some experiences made and some future challenges / Solange Macamo and Tore Saetersdal; title: Carved in stone? In search of a Finnish rock carving tradition / Lars Forsberg and Eva Walderhaug Saetersdal.