African islands : a comparative archaeology

Author(s)

• Mitchell, Peter

Bibliographic Information

African islands : a comparative archaeology

Peter Mitchell

（Routledge studies in African archaeology and cultural heritage / series editor, Paul Lane）

Routledge, 2022

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-311) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

* provides rarely discussed yet important information on African islands that enriches our understanding of key themes within island archaeology as a whole * synthesizes and evaluates the archaeological work undertaken on Africa's islands thus far and reveals its importance for understanding the African past as a whole * integrates a wide range of evidence, drawn from many disciplines and sources to offer researchers and students a comprehensive comparative study of Africa's island archaeologies and histories

Table of Contents

1. Why Africa, Why Islands? 2. The Multitude of Isles 3. Arriving 4. Altering 5. Being 6. Colonizing and Resisting 7. Island Archaeology: The African Contribution

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Details

• NCID: BC12871849
• ISBN:
  • 9781032156910
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xx, 317 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 960.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Islands -- Africa
  • LCSH : Island archaeology -- Africa
  • LCSH : Africa -- Antiquities
  • LCSH : Islands of the Atlantic -- Antiquities
  • LCSH : Islands of the Indian Ocean -- Antiquities
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BD01029444