Description
Book SynopsisThe Archaeology and Ethnography of Central Africa provides the first detailed description of the prehistory of the Loango coast of west-central Africa over the course of more than 3000 years. The resulting 'anthropology of archaeology' highlights the connections between past and present in west-central and southern Africa.
Trade Review'… the almost total lack of prior archaeological work in the Tong hills, and the relative lack of such research across much of northern Ghana, makes this an important contribution to regional history …' Peter Mitchell, Antiquity
'There is much to like about this book: it provides information on a little known area and a brief discussion of larger regional connections, and the personal narratives provide a good description of the processes of fieldwork in Congo, sometimes on a shoestring.' Scott MacEachern, Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa
Table of Contents1. Behind the scenes of research; 2. Pride and prejudice: big oil, eucalyptus, and the people without history; 3. Natural and cultural environment; 4. Preservation: heritage and reconnaissance; 5. Ceramic later Stone Age excavations; 6. The early Iron Age; 7. Later Iron Age sites and the historic period; 8. Opening Pandora's box: from Loango to the Okavango; 9. Summation.
