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West African archaeology : new developments, new perspectives

Title
West African archaeology : new developments, new perspectives / edited by Philip Allsworth-Jones.
Publication
Oxford : Archaeopress, 2010.

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Additional Authors
  • Allsworth-Jones, P. (Philip)
  • Nigerian Field Society.
  • University of Sheffield. Department of Archaeology.
Description
x, 170 pages : illustrations, maps; 30 cm
Series Statement
BAR international series ; 2164
Uniform Title
BAR international series ; 2164.
Subject
  • Excavations (Archaeology) > Congresses
  • Antiquities
  • Excavations (Archaeology)
  • Antika fornlämningar
  • Arkeologi
  • Utgrävningar
  • Africa, West > Antiquities > Congresses
  • West Africa
Genre/Form
Conference papers and proceedings.
Note
  • Papers originally presented at a conference co-sponsored by the Nigerian Field Society and the Department of Archaeology of the University of Sheffield, held in Sheffield on 27 June 2009.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction / Philip Allsworth-Jones -- Ounjougou: a long middle Stone Age sequence in the Dogon country (Mali) / Sylvain Soriano ... [et al.] -- Middle Stone Age Sangoan-Lupemban lithic assemblages of Africa / Laura Basell -- The archaeological context of the Iwo Eleru cranium from Nigeria and preliminary results of new morphometric studies / Philip Allsworth-Jones, Katerina Harvati, Chris Stringer -- A developmental history for early West African agriculture / Katie Manning -- Recent developments in iron-working research in West Africa / Len Pole -- Beyond art, archaeological studies on the Nok Culture, Central Nigeria / Nicole Rupp -- Destructive times, constructive measures: Danish funding and collaboration to develop archaeology in Bénin / Klavs Randsborg -- Between the forest and the Sudan: the dynamics of trade in Northern Ghana / Joanna Casey -- Was Benin a forest kingdom? Attempting to reconstruct landscapes in Southern Nigeria / Pauline von Hellermann -- The archaeology and palynology of Ajaba, a late iron-age settlement in north-east Yoruba land, Nigera: some preliminary results / A.E. Orijemie ... [et al.] -- The stone arm rings and related polished stone industries of Hombori (Mali) / K.C. MacDonald -- Contextualising the DGB sites of northern Cameroon / Gerhard Muller-Kosack -- Ethnoarchaeology at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Ibadan: excavation of the mound at Adesina Oja in the Archaeological Reserve / Philip Allsworth-Jones -- The Dundu Museum (Angola): project for its reopening and renovation (2007) / Manuel Laranjeira Rodrigues de Areia -- The linguistic geography of Nigeria and its implications for prehistory / Roger Blench.
ISBN
  • 9781407307084
  • 1407307088
LCCN
2010551978
OCLC
  • ocn699781532
  • 699781532
  • SCSB-1582599
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library