A landmark introduction to the archaeology of Africa that challenges misconceptions & claims about Africa’s past and teaches students how to evaluate these claims.
- Provides an unprecedented and exciting introduction to the archaeology of Africa
- Challenges misconceptions & claims about Africa’s past and teaches students how to evaluate these claims
- Includes a thoughtful introduction that explores the contexts that have shaped archaeological knowledge of Africa's past
- Lays out research questions that have shaped the contours of African archaeology
- Comprised of chapters specifically written for this volume by prominent archaeologists with regional and topical expertise
Series Editors’ Preface.
Figures.
Tables.
Notes on Contributors.
1 Introduction. Changing Perspectives on Africa’s Pasts: Ann Brower Stahl (State University of New York at Binghamton).
2 Barbarous Tribes and Unrewarding Gyrations? The Changing Role of Ethnographic Imagination in African Archaeology: Paul J. Lane (British Institute in Eastern Africa).
3 Discord after Discard. Reconstructing Aspects of Oldowan Hominin Behavior: Thomas Plummer (City University of New York).
4 The Middle and Upper Pleistocene African Record for the Biological and Behavioral Origins of Modern Humans: Curtis W. Marean and Zelalem Assefa (Arizona State University; SUNY at Stony Brook.
5 A Late Pleistoceló˘
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