Author: D. W. PhillipsonPublisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Southern Africa During the Iron Age
Author: Brian M. FaganPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Presents the pictures of Iron Age man against the background of his ecology and his economy. Portrays the Iron Age cultures of Southern Africa: Zambia, Rhodesia and South Africa. Tells the stories of Ophir, of King Solomon's Mines, and of the fantastic Kingdom of Monomatapa.
Handbook to the Iron Age
Author: Thomas N. HuffmanPublisher: University of Kwazulu Natal Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
This detailed handbook to the Iron Age covers the last 2,000 years in Southern Africa. The first part of the book outlines essential topics such as settlement organization, stonewalled patterns, ritual residues, long-distance trade, and ancient mining. Part two presents a comprehensive culture-history sequence through ceramic analyses, showing distributions, stylistic types, and characteristic pieces. The final section reviews and updates the main debates about black prehistory, including migration vs. diffusion, the role of cattle, the origins of Mapungubwe, the rise and fall of Great Zimbabwe, as well as the archaeology of the Venda, the Sotho-Tswana, and the Nguni speakers. Handbook to the Iron Age is an abundantly illustrated study that is accessible to a wide range of people interested in African prehistory.
"Hidden History"
Author: Martin HallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
The Later Prehistory of Eastern and Southern Africa
Author: D. W. PhillipsonPublisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Southern Africa during the Iron Age
Author: Iron Age Studies in Southern Africa
Author: Nikolaas J. Van der MerwePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Africa, the Cradle of Human Diversity
Author: Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004500227
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
This book explores important chapters of past and recent African history from a multidisciplinary perspective. It covers an extensive time range from the evolution of early humans to the complex cultural and genetic diversity of modern-day populations in Africa. Through a comprehensive list of chapters, the book focuses on different time-periods, geographic regions and cultural and biological aspects of human diversity across the continent. Each chapter summarises current knowledge with perspectives from a varied set of international researchers from diverse areas of expertise. The book provides a valuable resource for scholars interested in evolutionary history and human diversity in Africa. Contributors are Shaun Aron, Ananyo Choudhury, Bernard Clist, Cesar Fortes-Lima, Rosa Fregel, Jackson S. Kimambo, Faye Lander , Marlize Lombard, Fidelis T. Masao, Ezekia Mtetwa, Gilbert Pwiti, Michèle Ramsay, Thembi Russell, Carina Schlebusch, Dhriti Sengupta, Plan Shenjere-Nyabezi, Mário Vicente.
Papers on the Iron Age in Southern Africa
Author: The Linguistic Affinities of the Iron Age in Southern Africa
Author: Thomas N. HuffmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
The Peopling of Southern Africa
Author: R. R. InskeepPublisher: David Philip Publishers
ISBN: 9780949968692
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description