Graham Connah

Forgotten Africa

An Introduction to its Archaeology

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Produktbeschreibung

Forgotten Africa introduces the general reader and beginning student to Africa's past, emphasizing those aspects only known or best known from archaeological and related evidence. It covers four million years of history across the continent, examining important aspects of Africa's momentous human story. Graham Connah is concerned to raise public awareness, both inside and outside Africa, to this frequently overlooked and often forgotten subject. Forgotten Africa examines: * human origins, * the material culture of hunter gatherers * the beginnings of African farming, the development of metallurgy * the emergence of distinctive artistic traditions * the growth of cities and states * the expansion of trading networks * the impact of European and other external contacts. The result is a fascinating and important story told in a straightforward and readable manner.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. August 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 155mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9780415305907
• ISBN-10: 041530590X
• Artikelnr.: 22265082

Autorenporträt

Graham Connah's books include The Archaeology of Benin, Three Thousand Years in Africa, African Civilizations, Kibiro and Transformations in Africa. Currently a visiting Fellow at the Australian National University, Canberra, he was awarded the Order of Australia in 2000.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Africa: The Birthplace of Humanity 2. Stone Tools and Adaptation: The
Origins of the Genus Homo 3. Africa's Gift to the World: The Earliest Homo
Sapiens 4. Living off The Land: Later Hunter Gatherers in Africa 5. Putting
Ideas on Stone: The Rock Art of Southern Africa 6. Pictures from a Lost
World: The Rock Art of the Sahara 7. Producing Food: Early Developments in
North and West Africa 8. Producing Food: Adaptation in North East and East
Africa 9. The Power of Metal: The Origins of African Iron-Working 10.
Ancient Egypt: 3000 Years of Achievement 11. Nubia: A Meeting Place of
Different People 12. Aksum: A Trading Metropolis on the Ethiopian Plateau
13. Church and State: Survival in Ethiopia 14. Opportunity and Constraint:
The Lake Chad Story 15. Facing the Mediterranean: Carthaginian, Greek and
Roman North Africa 16. Qsar es-Seghir: Front Door to Europe, Front Door to
Africa 17. Jenné-Jeno: An Early City on the Middle Niger 18. Voyages in the
Sahara: The Desert Trade with West Africa 19. Igbo-Ukwu: A Challenge from
the Past 20. Ancestral Faces: Ancient Sculpture in Nigeria 21. Benin
City: From Forest Power to World Fame 22. Pots and People: Early Farmers
South of the Equator 23. The Testimony of the Dead: Life in the Upemba
Depression 24. 'One Beautiful Garden': Production and Power amongst the
Great Lakes 25. Facing Two Worlds: The Trading Settlements of the East
African Coast 26. Projecting Power: Great Zimbabwe and Related Sites 27.
Deserted Settlements with a Story: Later Farmers in Southern Africa 28.
Outsiders on the Inside: The Impact of European Expansion 29. Remembering
Africa's Past