Egalitarian revolution in the Savanna : the origins of a West African political system / / Stephen A. Dueppen
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| Autore: |
Dueppen Stephen A.
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| Titolo: |
Egalitarian revolution in the Savanna : the origins of a West African political system / / Stephen A. Dueppen
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| Pubblicazione: | London : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (359 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.209662 |
| Soggetto topico: | Political customs and rites - Africa, West |
| Excavations (Archaeology) - Africa, West | |
| Human settlements - Africa, West - History | |
| Archaeology and history - Africa, West | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Africa, West Antiquities |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | First published 2012 by Equinox Publishing Ltd, an imprint of Acumen. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Many West African societies have egalitarian political systems, with non-centralised distributions of power. ''Egalitarian Revolution in the 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Egalitarian revolution in the Savanna |
| ISBN: | 1-138-11063-9 |
| 1-315-72868-0 | |
| 1-317-54366-1 | |
| 1-84465-884-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910464890203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Approaches to Anthropological Archaeology