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Droughts, food, and culture [[electronic resource] ] : ecological change and food security in Africa's later prehistory / / edited by Fekri A. Hassan
| Droughts, food, and culture [[electronic resource] ] : ecological change and food security in Africa's later prehistory / / edited by Fekri A. Hassan |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2002.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
| Disciplina | 960/.1 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | HassanFekri A |
| Soggetto topico |
Prehistoric peoples - Food - Africa
Agriculture, Prehistoric - Africa Climatic changes - Africa Paleoclimatology - Africa |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-20034-0
9786610200344 0-306-47547-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Palaeoclimate, Food and Culture Change in Africa: An Overview -- Climatic Change -- Rapid Holocene Climate Changes in the Eastern Mediterranean -- Climate During the Late Holocene in the Sahara and the Sahel: Evolution and Consequences on Human Settlement -- Late Pleistocene and Holocene Climatic Changes in the Central Sahara. The Case Study of the Southwestern Fezzan, Libya -- Late Holocene Climatic Fluctuations and Historical Records of Famine in Ethiopia -- Environmental and Human Responses to Climatic Events in West and West Central Africa During the Late Holocene -- Plant Cultivation -- Regional Pathways to Agriculture in Northeast Africa -- From Hunters and Gatherers to Food Producers: New Archaeological and Archaeobotanical Evidence from the West African Sahel -- Holocene Climatic Changes in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Spread of Food Production from Southwest Asia to Egypt -- Sustainable Agriculture in a Harsh Environment: An Ethiopian Perspective -- Pastoralism -- The Evidence for the Earliest Livestock in North Africa: or Adventures with Large Bovids, Ovicaprids, Dogs and Pigs -- Cultural Responses to Climatic Changes in North Africa: Beginning and Spread of Pastoralism in the Sahara -- Dry Climatic Events and Cultural Trajectories: Adjusting Middle Holocene Pastoral Economy of the Libyan Sahara -- Food Security in Western and Central Africa During The Late Holocene: The Role of Domestic Stock Keeping, Hunting and Fishing -- Bovines in Egyptian Predynastic and Early Dynastic Iconography -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: Ecological Changes and Food Security in the Later Prehistory of North Africa: Looking Forward. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455000503321 |
| New York, : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Droughts, food, and culture [[electronic resource] ] : ecological change and food security in Africa's later prehistory / / edited by Fekri A. Hassan
| Droughts, food, and culture [[electronic resource] ] : ecological change and food security in Africa's later prehistory / / edited by Fekri A. Hassan |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2002.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
| Disciplina | 960/.1 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | HassanFekri A. <1943-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Prehistoric peoples - Food - Africa
Agriculture, Prehistoric - Africa Climatic changes - Africa Paleoclimatology - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-280-20034-0
9786610200344 0-306-47547-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Palaeoclimate, Food and Culture Change in Africa: An Overview -- Climatic Change -- Rapid Holocene Climate Changes in the Eastern Mediterranean -- Climate During the Late Holocene in the Sahara and the Sahel: Evolution and Consequences on Human Settlement -- Late Pleistocene and Holocene Climatic Changes in the Central Sahara. The Case Study of the Southwestern Fezzan, Libya -- Late Holocene Climatic Fluctuations and Historical Records of Famine in Ethiopia -- Environmental and Human Responses to Climatic Events in West and West Central Africa During the Late Holocene -- Plant Cultivation -- Regional Pathways to Agriculture in Northeast Africa -- From Hunters and Gatherers to Food Producers: New Archaeological and Archaeobotanical Evidence from the West African Sahel -- Holocene Climatic Changes in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Spread of Food Production from Southwest Asia to Egypt -- Sustainable Agriculture in a Harsh Environment: An Ethiopian Perspective -- Pastoralism -- The Evidence for the Earliest Livestock in North Africa: or Adventures with Large Bovids, Ovicaprids, Dogs and Pigs -- Cultural Responses to Climatic Changes in North Africa: Beginning and Spread of Pastoralism in the Sahara -- Dry Climatic Events and Cultural Trajectories: Adjusting Middle Holocene Pastoral Economy of the Libyan Sahara -- Food Security in Western and Central Africa During The Late Holocene: The Role of Domestic Stock Keeping, Hunting and Fishing -- Bovines in Egyptian Predynastic and Early Dynastic Iconography -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: Ecological Changes and Food Security in the Later Prehistory of North Africa: Looking Forward. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779958303321 |
| New York, : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Droughts, food, and culture : ecological change and food security in Africa's later prehistory / / edited by Fekri A. Hassan
| Droughts, food, and culture : ecological change and food security in Africa's later prehistory / / edited by Fekri A. Hassan |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2002.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
| Disciplina | 960/.1 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | HassanFekri A |
| Soggetto topico |
Prehistoric peoples - Food - Africa
Agriculture, Prehistoric - Africa Climatic changes - Africa Paleoclimatology - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-280-20034-0
9786610200344 0-306-47547-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Palaeoclimate, Food and Culture Change in Africa: An Overview -- Climatic Change -- Rapid Holocene Climate Changes in the Eastern Mediterranean -- Climate During the Late Holocene in the Sahara and the Sahel: Evolution and Consequences on Human Settlement -- Late Pleistocene and Holocene Climatic Changes in the Central Sahara. The Case Study of the Southwestern Fezzan, Libya -- Late Holocene Climatic Fluctuations and Historical Records of Famine in Ethiopia -- Environmental and Human Responses to Climatic Events in West and West Central Africa During the Late Holocene -- Plant Cultivation -- Regional Pathways to Agriculture in Northeast Africa -- From Hunters and Gatherers to Food Producers: New Archaeological and Archaeobotanical Evidence from the West African Sahel -- Holocene Climatic Changes in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Spread of Food Production from Southwest Asia to Egypt -- Sustainable Agriculture in a Harsh Environment: An Ethiopian Perspective -- Pastoralism -- The Evidence for the Earliest Livestock in North Africa: or Adventures with Large Bovids, Ovicaprids, Dogs and Pigs -- Cultural Responses to Climatic Changes in North Africa: Beginning and Spread of Pastoralism in the Sahara -- Dry Climatic Events and Cultural Trajectories: Adjusting Middle Holocene Pastoral Economy of the Libyan Sahara -- Food Security in Western and Central Africa During The Late Holocene: The Role of Domestic Stock Keeping, Hunting and Fishing -- Bovines in Egyptian Predynastic and Early Dynastic Iconography -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: Ecological Changes and Food Security in the Later Prehistory of North Africa: Looking Forward. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828591603321 |
| New York, : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Journal of African archaeology
| Journal of African archaeology |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Frankfurt a. Main : , : Africa Manga Verlag, , 2003- |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 960/.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Archaeology - Africa
Antiquities Archaeology Archäologie |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Zeitschrift
Czasopismo archeologiczne Periodicals. |
| ISSN | 2191-5784 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | JAA |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910303546203321 |
| Frankfurt a. Main : , : Africa Manga Verlag, , 2003- | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Material explorations in African archaeology / / Timothy Insoll
| Material explorations in African archaeology / / Timothy Insoll |
| Autore | Insoll Timothy |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (488 p.) |
| Disciplina | 960/.1 |
| Soggetto topico | Archaeology - Africa - History |
| ISBN | 0-19-106222-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover ; Material Explorations in African Archaeology ; Copyright ; Dedication ; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables ; 1: Introduction: Material Explorations in African Archaeology ; 1.1 RATIONALE; 1.2 MATERIAL EXPLORATIONS; 1.2.1 Materiality; 1.2.2 Agency; 1.2.3 Relational Archaeology, Entanglement, and Bundling ; 1.3 RECURRING THEMES; 1.3.1 Memory; 1.3.2 Anomaly and the Exotic; 1.3.3 Metaphor and Metonym; 1.4 CONTENTS; 2: Bodies and Persons ; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 THE CARVED BODY; 2.2.1 Scarification and Cicatrization
2.2.2 Archaeological Implications of Scarification and Cicatrization 2.2.3 Dental Modification; 2.2.4 Lip and Other Piercing; 2.3 THE DECORATED BODY; 2.3.1 Body-Painting; 2.3.2 Hair-Styles; 2.3.3 Beads and Cowry Shells; 2.4 FIGURINES, BODIES, AGENCY, AND POWER; 2.4.1 Anomaly; 2.4.2 Internal Bodies and Figurine Agency; 2.4.3 Figurines as 'Fetishes'/Power Objects; 2.5 FIGURINES, FRAGMENTATION, AND PERSONHOOD ; 2.6 HUMAN BODY PARTS, HUMAN SACRIFICE, AND CANNIBALISM ; 2.7 HUMAN LIFE CYCLE; 2.7.1 The Archaeology of Birth, Infancy, and Childhood; 2.7.1.1 Birth; 2.7.1.2 Childhood 2.7.2 The Archaeology of Initiation2.7.2.1 Location and Structures; 2.7.2.2 Figurines; 2.7.2.3 Rock Art and Initiation; 2.8 CONCLUSIONS; 3: The Dead and the Ancestors ; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ANCESTOR CONCEPTS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; 3.3 'GOOD' AND 'BAD' DEATH; 3.3.1 'Good' Death; 3.3.2 'Bad' Death; 3.4 MIDDENS AND 'POT CHILDREN; 3.4.1 Middens; 3.4.2 'Pot Children'; 3.5 CONSTRUCTING ANCESTORS; 3.6 BURIAL; 3.7 GRAVE GOODS; 3.8 DESICCATION; 3.9 EXPOSURE; 3.10 TRANSFORMATIVE STATES; 3.11 SECONDARY TREATMENT; 3.12 CURATION; 3.12.1 Wrapping 3.12.2 Comparative Wrapping3.12.3 Curation of Teeth; 3.13 SKULL CURATION AND TREATMENT; 3.13.1 Why Skulls?; 3.13.2 Skulls, Ritual, and Fragmentation; 3.14 ANCESTORS AND THE LIVING; 3.15 CONCLUSIONS; 4: Animals ; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ANIMALS; 4.3 THE CULTURAL APPROPRIATION OF ANIMALS; 4.3.1 Perception, Metaphor, Metonym; 4.3.2 'Totem' and Taboo; 4.3.3 Anomaly; 4.3.4 Protective and Efficacious Properties; 4.3.5 Mythological Focus; 4.3.5.1 The Hippopotamus and the Songhai; 4.3.5.2 An Alternative Interpretation?; 4.4 THE TRANSFORMATION OF ANIMALS; 4.4.1 Sacrifice 4.4.1.1 Definition4.4.1.2 Sacrificial Division; 4.4.1.3 The Archaeology of Animal Sacrifice; 4.4.2 Animal (Cattle) Modification; 4.4.3 Archaeological Implications of Animal Modification; 4.5 CONCLUSIONS; 5: Stone ; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 STANDING STONES AND MEGALITHIC STRUCTURES ; 5.2.1 Distribution; 5.2.2 Standing Stones, Megalithic Structures, Ancestors, and the Dead ; 5.2.2.1 Stone and the Dead; 5.2.2.2 Stones as Ancestors; 5.2.3 Standing Stones and the Living; 5.2.4 Standing Stones as Utilitarian Phenomena; 5.3 RAIN-MAKING AND RAIN-STONES 5.4 UNUSUAL PROPERTIES, FORMS, AND QUALITIES OF STONE |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797661203321 |
Insoll Timothy
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| New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Material explorations in African archaeology / / Timothy Insoll
| Material explorations in African archaeology / / Timothy Insoll |
| Autore | Insoll Timothy |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (488 p.) |
| Disciplina | 960/.1 |
| Soggetto topico | Archaeology - Africa - History |
| ISBN | 0-19-106222-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover ; Material Explorations in African Archaeology ; Copyright ; Dedication ; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables ; 1: Introduction: Material Explorations in African Archaeology ; 1.1 RATIONALE; 1.2 MATERIAL EXPLORATIONS; 1.2.1 Materiality; 1.2.2 Agency; 1.2.3 Relational Archaeology, Entanglement, and Bundling ; 1.3 RECURRING THEMES; 1.3.1 Memory; 1.3.2 Anomaly and the Exotic; 1.3.3 Metaphor and Metonym; 1.4 CONTENTS; 2: Bodies and Persons ; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 THE CARVED BODY; 2.2.1 Scarification and Cicatrization
2.2.2 Archaeological Implications of Scarification and Cicatrization 2.2.3 Dental Modification; 2.2.4 Lip and Other Piercing; 2.3 THE DECORATED BODY; 2.3.1 Body-Painting; 2.3.2 Hair-Styles; 2.3.3 Beads and Cowry Shells; 2.4 FIGURINES, BODIES, AGENCY, AND POWER; 2.4.1 Anomaly; 2.4.2 Internal Bodies and Figurine Agency; 2.4.3 Figurines as 'Fetishes'/Power Objects; 2.5 FIGURINES, FRAGMENTATION, AND PERSONHOOD ; 2.6 HUMAN BODY PARTS, HUMAN SACRIFICE, AND CANNIBALISM ; 2.7 HUMAN LIFE CYCLE; 2.7.1 The Archaeology of Birth, Infancy, and Childhood; 2.7.1.1 Birth; 2.7.1.2 Childhood 2.7.2 The Archaeology of Initiation2.7.2.1 Location and Structures; 2.7.2.2 Figurines; 2.7.2.3 Rock Art and Initiation; 2.8 CONCLUSIONS; 3: The Dead and the Ancestors ; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ANCESTOR CONCEPTS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; 3.3 'GOOD' AND 'BAD' DEATH; 3.3.1 'Good' Death; 3.3.2 'Bad' Death; 3.4 MIDDENS AND 'POT CHILDREN; 3.4.1 Middens; 3.4.2 'Pot Children'; 3.5 CONSTRUCTING ANCESTORS; 3.6 BURIAL; 3.7 GRAVE GOODS; 3.8 DESICCATION; 3.9 EXPOSURE; 3.10 TRANSFORMATIVE STATES; 3.11 SECONDARY TREATMENT; 3.12 CURATION; 3.12.1 Wrapping 3.12.2 Comparative Wrapping3.12.3 Curation of Teeth; 3.13 SKULL CURATION AND TREATMENT; 3.13.1 Why Skulls?; 3.13.2 Skulls, Ritual, and Fragmentation; 3.14 ANCESTORS AND THE LIVING; 3.15 CONCLUSIONS; 4: Animals ; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ANIMALS; 4.3 THE CULTURAL APPROPRIATION OF ANIMALS; 4.3.1 Perception, Metaphor, Metonym; 4.3.2 'Totem' and Taboo; 4.3.3 Anomaly; 4.3.4 Protective and Efficacious Properties; 4.3.5 Mythological Focus; 4.3.5.1 The Hippopotamus and the Songhai; 4.3.5.2 An Alternative Interpretation?; 4.4 THE TRANSFORMATION OF ANIMALS; 4.4.1 Sacrifice 4.4.1.1 Definition4.4.1.2 Sacrificial Division; 4.4.1.3 The Archaeology of Animal Sacrifice; 4.4.2 Animal (Cattle) Modification; 4.4.3 Archaeological Implications of Animal Modification; 4.5 CONCLUSIONS; 5: Stone ; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 STANDING STONES AND MEGALITHIC STRUCTURES ; 5.2.1 Distribution; 5.2.2 Standing Stones, Megalithic Structures, Ancestors, and the Dead ; 5.2.2.1 Stone and the Dead; 5.2.2.2 Stones as Ancestors; 5.2.3 Standing Stones and the Living; 5.2.4 Standing Stones as Utilitarian Phenomena; 5.3 RAIN-MAKING AND RAIN-STONES 5.4 UNUSUAL PROPERTIES, FORMS, AND QUALITIES OF STONE |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810600203321 |
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Insoll Timothy
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| New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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