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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...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
OUP Oxford,
2013.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | 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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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (221 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191667794 019166779X |