Research Catalog

Title

Imprints of West Africa's past = Les emprints du passé d'Afrique de l'ouest / edited by Bassey W. Andah, C.A. Folorunso, and Ikechukwu A. Okpoko.

Publication

Ibadan : Published ... for West African Journal of Archaeology [by] Wisdom Publishers, 1993.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Andah, Bassey W.
• Folorunso, C. A.
• Okpoko, Alex Ikechukwu.
• Shaw, Thurstan.

Description

vi, 314 p. : ill., maps; 22 cm.

Series Statement

African peoples and their cultural resources

Uniform Title

West African journal of archaeology.

Alternative Title

Emprints du passé d'Afrique de l'ouest

Subjects

• Ethnology > Africa, West > Congresses
• Africa, West > Antiquities > Congresses

Note

• "Special book issue: vol. 22, 1992, West African journal of archaeology"--T.p. verso.
• "Forum on West African Archaeology at the conference in honour of Thurstan Shaw, founding editor of WAJA."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

• English and French.

Contents

African paleoanthropological studies : which way forward? / by Bassey W. Andah -- Pioneers of archae[o]logical work in West Africa / by B.W. Andah and C.A. Folorunso -- Thurstan Shaw and West African archaeology : the case of Ghana / by Richard Nunoo -- Thurstan Shaw at Igbo-Ukwu : the limits of rescue archaeology / by B.W. Andah -- Igbo-Ukwu after Thurstan Shaw / by F.N. Anozie -- Cultural literacy in Africa : an anthropological perspective / by Bassey W. Andah -- Inaccurate reporting of cultural information / by Mark Milburn -- The use of migration tradition in reconstructing Idoma culture history / by Erim O. Erim -- Oral traditions in the Middle Benue Valley / by Z.A. Gundu & A.D. Igirgi -- A[r]chaeological investigation on the campus of the University of Ibadan / by Andah, B.W. ... [et al.] -- The introduction of imported ceramics in Nigeria / by Kit W. Wesler -- Les pavements en tessons de poterie, organisation de l'espace, dans les régions du Golfe du Bénin : le cas du Togo / par Dola Aguigah -- A review of pottery technique in Nigeria (1969-1970) in a West African context / by Doig Simmonds -- Pottery function : an indispensable criterion in Igbo pottery classification / by Anselm Maduabuchi Ibeanu -- La poterie du Tiv : étude ethnographique à Ushongo / par C.A. Folorunso -- Sémiologie des motifs décoratifs de la céramique actuelle d'un groupe bantou du Cameroun : les Beti de la Lekie / par Martin Elouga -- The technical origin of the Igbo bronzes / by P.T. Craddock ... [et al.] -- Introduction to fiber identification for archaeologists / by Sasha Stollman -- Problématique des sites "mesonéolithiques" du Baoule-Sud / par Bernadine Biot -- A Late Stone Age site in Kagoro / by Anthonia Fatusin -- Problématique de la métallurgie ancienne du fer en Côte d'Ivoire précoloniale / par Lemassou Fofana -- Pour une approchie archaeologique du peulement ancien du Baruwu / par Obare B. Bagodo -- The palace at Oyo Ile, western Nigeria / by Robert Soper.

Call Number

Sc Ser.-L .W375

ISBN

9782823058

LCCN

94205254

OCLC

29808713

Title

Imprints of West Africa's past = Les emprints du passé d'Afrique de l'ouest / edited by Bassey W. Andah, C.A. Folorunso, and Ikechukwu A. Okpoko.

Imprint

Ibadan : Published ... for West African Journal of Archaeology [by] Wisdom Publishers, 1993.

Series

African peoples and their cultural resources

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Language

English and French.

Added Author

Andah, Bassey W.

Folorunso, C. A.

Okpoko, Alex Ikechukwu.

Shaw, Thurstan.

Added Title

West African journal of archaeology.

Research Call Number

Sc Ser.-L .W375