The Archaeology of Southern Africa

By:

Peter Mitchell

Format:

Hardback

Series:

Cambridge World Archaeology

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Some of the earliest human populations lived in Southern Africa, and evidence from sites there has inspired key debates on human origins and on the emergence of modern humans. The sub-continent has one of the world's richest heritages of rock art, and specialists have developed innovative theories about its meaning and significance that have influenced the understanding of rock art everywhere. Passionate arguments about the hunter-gatherer way of life have centred on Southern African cases, and the relationship between archaeological and anthropological data is also central to understanding the past of Southern Africa's pastoralist and farmer communities. The pre-colonial states of the region provide some of the best documented cases of the influence of external trade on the development of African polities. Peter Mitchell has produced the first comprehensive modern synthesis of the sub-continent's archaeology. His book offers a thorough-going overview of three million years of Southern African history.

Author Biography:

Peter Mitchell is Lecturer in African Prehistory at the University of Oxford, and Tutor and a Fellow of St Hugh's College, Oxford.

Release date Australia

November 14th, 2002

Author

Peter Mitchell

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

19 Tables, unspecified; 29 Maps; 167 Halftones, unspecified; 37 Line drawings, unspecified

Pages

532

Series

Cambridge World Archaeology

Dimensions

170x244x29

ISBN-13

9780521633079

Product ID

1994556

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