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Ethnoarchaeology of Shuwa-Arab Settlements
Augustin Holl
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Hardback. Ethnoarchaeology of Shuwa-Arab Settlements demonstrates the imperative need for ethnoarchaeology to include a deep sense of the history of the specific social group under analysis for its findings to truly impact archaeological thinking. Num Pages: 418 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HFJA; HBTB; HDD; HDW; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 685.
Ethnoarchaeology of Shuwa-Arab Settlements demonstrates the imperative need for ethnoarchaeology to include a deep sense of the history of the specific social group under analysis for its findings to truly impact archaeological thinking. Based on research from a long-term archaeological and ethnoarchaeological project conducted in the northernmost part of Cameroon, Augustin Holl's new work probes the ethnic survival of the Shuwa-Arab descendants of generations of pastoralists who migrated from Arabia to the Chad basin. The book robustly engages macro issues connected to processes of sedentarization, ethnic interaction in a multi-ethnic setting, and relations of power and dominion. On the micro ... Read more
Ethnoarchaeology of Shuwa-Arab Settlements demonstrates the imperative need for ethnoarchaeology to include a deep sense of the history of the specific social group under analysis for its findings to truly impact archaeological thinking. Based on research from a long-term archaeological and ethnoarchaeological project conducted in the northernmost part of Cameroon, Augustin Holl's new work probes the ethnic survival of the Shuwa-Arab descendants of generations of pastoralists who migrated from Arabia to the Chad basin. The book robustly engages macro issues connected to processes of sedentarization, ethnic interaction in a multi-ethnic setting, and relations of power and dominion. On the micro ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
418
Condition
New
Number of Pages
418
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780739104071
SKU
V9780739104071
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About Augustin Holl
Augustin F. C. Holl is Professor of Anthropology and Afroamerican & African Studies at the University of Michigan and a curator at the University of Michigan's Museum of Anthropology. He the author of The Diwan Revisited: Literacy, State Formation, and the Rise of Kanuri Domination (AD 1200-1600) (2000) and (with M. S. Bisson, S. T. Childs, and P. de Barros) ... Read more
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