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Autore |
Dueppen Stephen A. |
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Egalitarian revolution in the Savanna : the origins of a West African political system / / Stephen A. Dueppen |
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London : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
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ISBN |
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1-138-11063-9 |
1-315-72868-0 |
1-317-54366-1 |
1-84465-884-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (359 p.) |
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Collana |
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Approaches to anthropological archaeology |
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Disciplina |
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Political customs and rites - Africa, West |
Excavations (Archaeology) - Africa, West |
Human settlements - Africa, West - History |
Archaeology and history - Africa, West |
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Africa, West Antiquities |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published 2012 by Equinox Publishing Ltd, an imprint of Acumen. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Many West African societies have egalitarian political systems, with non-centralised distributions of power. ''Egalitarian Revolution in the |
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Savanna'' analyses a wide range of archaeological data to explore the development of such societies. The volume offers a detailed case study of the village settlement of Kirikongo in western Burkina Faso. Over the course of the first millennium, this single homestead extended control over a growing community. The book argues that the decentralization of power in the twelfth century BCE radically transformed this society, changing gender roles, public acti |
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