Skip to content
Register Sign in Wishlist

African Civilizations
An Archaeological Perspective

3rd Edition

  • Date Published: November 2015
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9781107621275

Paperback

Add to wishlist

Other available formats:
Hardback, eBook


Request inspection copy

Lecturers may request a copy of this title for inspection

Description
Product filter button
Description
Contents
Resources
Courses
About the Authors
  • This new revised edition of African Civilizations re-examines the physical evidence for developing social complexity in Africa over the last six thousand years. Unlike the two previous editions, it is not confined to tropical Africa but considers the whole continent. Graham Connah focuses upon the archaeological research of two key aspects of complexity, urbanism and state formation, in ten main areas of Africa: Egypt, North Africa, Nubia, Ethiopia, the West African savanna, the West African forest, the East African coast and islands, the Zimbabwe Plateau, parts of Central Africa and South Africa. The book's main concern is to review the available evidence in its varied environmental settings, and to consider possible explanations of the developments that gave rise to it. Extensively illustrated, including new maps and plans, and offering an extended list of references, this is essential reading for students of archaeology, anthropology, African history, black studies and social geography.

    • Written in non-technical language, and complex terms are discussed in simple terms
    • Well-illustrated with ninety-two line drawings and photographs
    • The study will have global relevance in anthropological and demographic studies
    Read more

    Customer reviews

    Not yet reviewed

    Be the first to review

    Review was not posted due to profanity

    ×

    , create a review

    (If you're not , sign out)

    Please enter the right captcha value
    Please enter a star rating.
    Your review must be a minimum of 12 words.

    How do you rate this item?

    ×

    Product details

    • Edition: 3rd Edition
    • Date Published: November 2015
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9781107621275
    • length: 423 pages
    • dimensions: 253 x 177 x 23 mm
    • weight: 0.77kg
    • contains: 74 b/w illus. 18 maps
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    1. The context
    2. Origins: social change on the lower Nile
    3. The Mediterranean frontier: North Africa
    4. Sudanic genesis: Nubia
    5. Isolation: the Ethiopian and Eritrean Highlands
    6. Opportunity and constraint in the West African savanna
    7. Achieving power: the West African forest and its fringes
    8. Indian Ocean networks: the East African coast and islands
    9. Cattle, ivory and gold: social complexity in Zambezia
    10. Central Africa: the Upemba Depression, Interlacustrine region and far west
    11. Settlement growth and emerging polities: South Africa
    12. What are the common denominators?

  • Author

    Graham Connah, Australian National University, Canberra
    Graham Connah is Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of New England, Australia, and a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University, Canberra. His earlier book Three Thousand Years in Africa (1981) won the Amaury Talbot Prize. Other publications include The Archaeology of Benin (1975), The Archaeology of Australia's History (1993), Kibiro: The Salt of Bunyoro, Past and Present (1996), Transformations in Africa (1998), Forgotten Africa: An Introduction to its Archaeology (2004), also translated into German, French, Italian and Portuguese, and Writing about Archaeology (2010). He was awarded the Order of Australia in 2000 for his contributions to African and Australian archaeology.

Related Books

also by this author

Sorry, this resource is locked

Please register or sign in to request access. If you are having problems accessing these resources please email lecturers@cambridge.org

Register Sign in
Please note that this file is password protected. You will be asked to input your password on the next screen.

» Proceed

You are now leaving the Cambridge University Press website. Your eBook purchase and download will be completed by our partner www.ebooks.com. Please see the permission section of the www.ebooks.com catalogue page for details of the print & copy limits on our eBooks.

Continue ×

Continue ×

Continue ×
warning icon

Turn stock notifications on?

You must be signed in to your Cambridge account to turn product stock notifications on or off.

Sign in Create a Cambridge account arrow icon
×

Find content that relates to you

Join us online

This site uses cookies to improve your experience. Read more Close

Are you sure you want to delete your account?

This cannot be undone.

Cancel

Thank you for your feedback which will help us improve our service.

If you requested a response, we will make sure to get back to you shortly.

×
Please fill in the required fields in your feedback submission.
×