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Outsiders and Strangers : an Archaeology of Liminality in West Africa.
Studies of liminality have a long history in anthropology. In archaeology, identifying past people - rather than faceless entities - through material culture is still a work in progress, but a project that has seen increased attention in recent years. Focusing on West Africa, this book argues that w...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
OUP Oxford,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Studies of liminality have a long history in anthropology. In archaeology, identifying past people - rather than faceless entities - through material culture is still a work in progress, but a project that has seen increased attention in recent years. Focusing on West Africa, this book argues that we should explore what happens when the primary label assigned to a person's identity is that of an outsider - when he or she is of, but not in, society. Such outsiders can be foundeverywhere in the West African past: rulers show off their foreign descent, traders migrate to new areas, potters and bl. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (221 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191667794 019166779X |