Beyond Chiefdoms Pathways to Complexity in Africa |
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| Editor:
| McIntosh, Susan Keech |
| Contribution by:
| Ashmore, Wendy
Audouze, Francoise
Broodbank, Cyprian
Murray, Tim
Renfrew, Colin
Schlanger, Nathan
Sherratt, Andrew
Taylor, Timothy
Yoffee, Norman |
| Series title: | New Directions in Archaeology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-02269-9 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2005 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $43.99 |
Book Description:
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Criticising the popular view about the progressive development of powerful hierarchies led by chiefs and kings, this book offers evidence from case studies in sub-Saharan Africa supporting the idea that complexity has emerged and developed in a variety of ways. It includes contributions from historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists.
Criticising the popular view about the progressive development of powerful hierarchies led by chiefs and kings, this book offers evidence from case studies in sub-Saharan Africa supporting the idea that complexity has emerged and developed in a variety of ways. It includes contributions from historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists.