Egalitarian revolution in the Savanna : the origins of a West African political system / / Stephen A. Dueppen

• Autore: Dueppen Stephen A.
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 344 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• 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
• 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 activities, pottery making and iron-working. Egalitarian Revolution in the Savanna will be of interest to students of political science, anthropology, archaeology and the history of West Africa.
• Titolo autorizzato: Egalitarian revolution in the Savanna
• ISBN: 1-317-54365-3; 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.: 9910789114203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Approaches to anthropological archaeology.