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The archaeology of an African desert

Kinahan, Dr John

James Currey

02/2024

546

Mole

Inglês

9781847013729

15 a 20 dias

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1. INTRODUCTION: A radical new approach
2. FIRST FOOTSTEPS: Early human ancestors
3. TIMES ARROW: Desert survival strategies
4. MOUNTAIN REFUGE: Isolated refugia & ritual practice
5. ELEPHANTS AND RAIN: Rain-making and initiation
6. DESERT GARDEN: Pottery & tending desert food plants
7. THE FAMILY HERD: Ovahimba desert pastoralists
8. THE BLACK SWAN: Indigenous views on colonial penetration
9. MEN IN HATS: Missionaries, traders, prospectors, hunters
10. THE DEATH OF MEMORY: Lifting the veil on colonial Genocide
EPILOGUE: Critical reappraisal: desert as natural wilderness or - the familiar home of people now banished?
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Adaptation; Africa; African archaeology; African history; Climate; Colonial history; Colonialism; Deserts; Earlier Stone Age; Genocide; Human ecology; Hunter-gatherers; Imperialism; Indigenous people; Initiation; Later Stone Age; Middle Stone Age; Nama; Orlam; Ovaherero; Ovahimba; Pastoralism; Pottery; Raiding; Rainmaking; Resilience; Ritual; Rock art; Shamanism; Social networking; Trade