Archaeology of resistance : materiality and time in an African borderland / / Alfredo González-Ruibal

• Autore: González Ruibal Alfredo
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (401 p.)
• Disciplina: 963.3
• Soggetto topico: Indigenous peoples - Ethiopia - Politics and government; Government, Resistance to - Ethiopia; Borderlands - Africa, East; Ethnoarchaeology - Africa, East; Berta (African people); Gumuz (African people)6
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Outline of the Book; Ch01. Time and Materiality; Ch02. Ecology of a Shatter Zone; Ch03. Direct Action against the State: The Gumuz; Ch04. Between Domination and Resistance: The Bertha; Ch05. Of Mimicry and Mao; Epilogue; References; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: An Archaeology of Resistance: Materiality and Time in an African Borderland studies the tactics of resistance deployed by a variety of indigenous communities in the borderland between Sudan and Ethiopia.The main objective of the work is to understand the diverse forms of resistance that characterizes the borderland groups, with an emphasis on two essentially archaeological themes, materiality and time, by combining archaeological, political and social theory, ethnographic methods and historical data to examine different processes of resista
• Titolo autorizzato: Archaeology of resistance
• ISBN: 1-4422-3091-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910829289003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Archaeology in Society