African civilizations : An Archaelogical Perspective (Record no. 8967)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 01909cam a2200193 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780521596909 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 967.01 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | CONNAH, Graham. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | African civilizations : An Archaelogical Perspective |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 2nd ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Cambridge, UK ; |
| -- | New York, NY : |
| Name of publisher | Cambridge University Press, |
| Year of publication | 2001. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xv, 340 p . : |
| Other physical details | ill . ; maps ; 24 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | includes biography and index |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | The context -- Birth on the Nile: the Nubian achievement -- The benefits of isolation: the Ethiopian highlands -- An optimal zone: the West African savanna -- Brilliance beneath the trees: the West African forest and its fringes -- The edge or the centre: cities of the East African coast and islands -- A question of context: Great Zimbabwe and related sites -- In the heart of Africa: the Upemba depression and the Interlacustrine region -- What are the common denominators? |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "This new revised edition of African civilizations re-examines the physical evidence for developing social complexity in tropical Africa over the last four thousand years. Graham Connah focuses upon the archaeological research of two key aspects of complexity, urbanism and state formation, in seven main areas of Africa: Nubia, Ethiopia, the West African savanna, the West African forest, the East African coast and islands, the Zimbabwe Plateau and parts of Central Africa. The book's main concern is to review the available evidence in its varied environmental setting, and to consider possible explanations of the developments that gave rise to it. Extensively illustrated, including new maps and plans, and offering an extended bibliography, this book provides essential reading for students of archaeology, anthropology, African history, black studies and social geography."--Jacket. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Prehistoric peoples |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Excavations (Archaeology) |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Collection code | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| non fiction | TUNGUU LENDING LIBRARY | TUNGUU LENDING LIBRARY | Library shelves | 2005-12-29 | 967.01 CON | L000005440 | Books |