Power and Landscape in Atlantic West Africa

Power and Landscape in Atlantic West Africa
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 411
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ISBN-10 : 9781107009394
ISBN-13 : 1107009391
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Book Synopsis Power and Landscape in Atlantic West Africa by : J. Cameron Monroe

Download or read book Power and Landscape in Atlantic West Africa written by J. Cameron Monroe and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-13 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume applies insights drawn from the theories and methods of landscape archaeology to contribute to our understanding of the nature if West African societies in the Atlantic Era (17th-19th Centuries AD). The authors adopt a briad set of methods and approaches to tackle how the nature and structures of African political and social relations changed across regions in this period. This is only the second volume in a decade to focus on the archeology of this period in West Africa, and the first volume in sub-Saharan Africanist archeology to be focused in the recent past in oue sub-region of the continent from a coherent methodological and theoretical standpoint"--Provided by publisher.


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