LEADER 02611 am 2200505 n 450 001 9910321055703321 005 20190503 010 $a979-1-0923-1251-5 024 7 $a10.4000/books.ifra.1517 035 $a(CKB)4100000008103947 035 $a(FrMaCLE)OB-ifra-1517 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/56716 035 $a(PPN)23671192X 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008103947 100 $a20190506j|||||||| ||| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $auu||||||m|||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPostcolonial or Not? $eWest Africa in the Pre-Atlantic and Atlantic Worlds /$fChristopher R. DeCorse 210 $aIbadan $cIFRA-Nigeria$d2019 215 $a1 online resource (54 p.) 311 $a979-1-0923-1225-6 330 $aWhat do the labels ?Historic period,? ?historical archaeology,? and ?Colonial? imply about the source materials drawn on, the time periods covered, and the conceptual vantages taken in interpre­ting the West African past? The historiographies presented are equally relevant to the understanding of the past?that is, the impacts of European contact, the Atlantic slave trade, and colo- nization?as they are to the present; the social, economic, and cultural landscapes of modernity, and how our views of the past shape these landscapes. This essay considers the varied episte­mological threads represented and their interpretive implica­tions. Although the hegemonic and transformative nature of Afri­ca's intersection with the Atlantic World is underscored, the need to situate these developments within the wider scope and tem­poral depth of the African past is also emphasized. Archaeology's central role in providing a holistic understanding of the temporal depth and complexity of African history, as well as archaeology's unique contribution to the understanding of the Atlantic world, is underscored. 606 $aHistory & Archaeology 606 $aslave trade 606 $aAfrican archaeology 606 $acolonization 606 $apostcolonialism 610 $aslave trade 610 $acolonization 610 $aAfrican archaeology 610 $apostcolonialism 615 4$aHistory & Archaeology 615 4$aslave trade 615 4$aAfrican archaeology 615 4$acolonization 615 4$apostcolonialism 700 $aDeCorse$b Christopher R$01317859 801 0$bFR-FrMaCLE 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910321055703321 996 $aPostcolonial or Not$93033028 997 $aUNINA