Egalitarian revolution in the Savanna : the origins of a West African political system /

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Many West African societies have egalitarian political systems, with non-centralised distributions of power. ''Egalitarian Revolution in the Savanna'' analyses a wide range of archaeological data to explore the development of such societies. The volume offers a detailed case stud...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dueppen, Stephen A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2014, ©2012.
Colección:Approaches to anthropological archaeology.
Temas:
Political customs and rites > Africa, West.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Africa, West.
Human settlements > Africa, West > History.
Archaeology and history > Africa, West.
Mœurs politiques > Afrique occidentale.
Fouilles (Archéologie) > Afrique occidentale.
Établissements humains > Afrique occidentale > Histoire.
Archéologie et histoire > Afrique occidentale.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Antiquities
Archaeology and history
Excavations (Archaeology)
Human settlements
Political customs and rites
Africa, West > Antiquities.
West Africa
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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