Africa Regional Archaeology
Africa Regional Archaeology
Africa
The investigation of past cultures of Africa through the study and scientific analysis of material remains (i.e., osteological, artifactual, architectural, etc.).
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- Offers brief summaries of the proceedings of the conference on the prehistory of northern Africa.
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- By Dr. Patrick Darling at Bournemouth University, UK. Provides photos and descriptions of projects.
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- Offers links to field data, documentation, networking, institutions, universities, and SAFA, the Society of Africanist Archaeologists.
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- Offers a hypothesis based on evidence of the spread of the Proto-Mande from the Saharan highlands to the Atlantic Ocean. Includes comparisons of African languages and references.
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- Article discusses the origin of the donkey's domestication. From New Scientist.
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- Discusses the history of late Sasanian Persia's encounters with the African people. Includes images and bibliography.
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- Offers information from research programs in Namibia and the eastern Sahara. Includes images, profiles and preservation data.
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- Explores the theories of the evolutionary tree of humans and the classification of the fossils behind it. Includes a bibliography.
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- Provides a directory of resources for African archaeology.
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- Includes dating methods, classifications, evidence types and analyses by country, locality and environmental zones.
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