TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dueppen,Stephen A.
TI  - Egalitarian revolution in the Savanna: the origins of a West African political system 
AV  - GN492.3 .D84 2012eb
U1  - 306.209662 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - London, Oakville, Connecticut
PB  - Equinox Publishing Limited
KW  - Political customs and rites
KW  - Africa, West
KW  - Excavations (Archaeology)
KW  - Human settlements
KW  - History
KW  - Archaeology and history
KW  - Antiquities
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10834925
ER  -