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1 online resource (361 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Series |
Approaches to anthropological archaeology
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Decentralization and the evolution of egalitarian behaviors in sedentary societies -- Ancient villages in the Niger bend: context and methods for exploring the Voltaic region -- Ethnographic perspectives on western Burkina Faso: a survey -- Kirikongo: an introduction to the site, the setting, and the research design -- The West Africa environmental setting: Kirikongo in ecological context -- Stratigraphies and depositional episodes: the excavations -- Relative chronology: ceramics -- Community growth at Kirikongo: the spatial and temporal setting -- Early sedentary life in the Voltaic region: defining a "Voltaic tradition" -- Craft production at Kirikongo: the origins, development and reinterpretation of specialization -- Herding, farming, and ritual sacrifice: the economy from Kirikongo. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
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Political customs and rites -- Africa, West.
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Africa, West.
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Human settlements -- Africa, West -- History.
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Archaeology and history -- Africa, West.
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Africa, West -- Antiquities.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dueppen, Stephen A. Egalitarian revolution in the Savanna : the origins of a West African political system. London : Equinox Pub. Ltd., 2012 xiv, 344 pages ; 26 cm. Approaches to anthropological archaeology 9781908049209 (DLC)10834925 |
| ISBN |
9781908049209 (hb) |
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9781844658848 (electronic bk.) |
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