Egalitarian revolution in the Savanna :
Dueppen, Stephen A.
Egalitarian revolution in the Savanna : the origins of a West African political system / Stephen A. Dueppen. - 1 online resource (361 pages) : illustrations, maps. - Approaches to anthropological archaeology .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781844658848 (e-book)
Political customs and rites--Africa, West.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Africa, West.
Human settlements--History.--Africa, West
Archaeology and history--Africa, West.
Africa, West--Antiquities.
Electronic books.
GN492.3 / .D84 2012eb
306.209662
Egalitarian revolution in the Savanna : the origins of a West African political system / Stephen A. Dueppen. - 1 online resource (361 pages) : illustrations, maps. - Approaches to anthropological archaeology .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781844658848 (e-book)
Political customs and rites--Africa, West.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Africa, West.
Human settlements--History.--Africa, West
Archaeology and history--Africa, West.
Africa, West--Antiquities.
Electronic books.
GN492.3 / .D84 2012eb
306.209662