Landscape Transformations and the Archaeology of Impact Social Disruption and State Formation in Southern Africa /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Perry, Warren R. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
• Σειρά: Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology,
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Culture > Study and teaching.; History.; Anthropology.; Archaeology.; Social Sciences.; History, general.; Regional and Cultural Studies.

An attempt to use archaeological materials to investigate the colonization of southeastern Africa during the period 1500 to 1900. Perry demonstrates the usefulness of archaeology in bypassing the biases of the ethnohistorical and documentary record and generating a more comprehensive understanding o...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Southern Africa and the Archaeology of Impact
• The Mfecane/Difaqane Problem from the Documentary Record
• Archaeological Correlates of the Settler Model
• Previous Archaeological Research
• Using Archaeology to Study the Processes of the Mfecane/Difaqane
• Toward an Archaeology of Impact.