Description
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1954, this book was based on various periods of fieldwork undertaken in the region of the Horn of Africa between 1941 and 1946. Written by prominent archaeologist John Desmond Clark (1916â2002), the text presents a detailed analysis of the relationship between physical geography and stone age culture within the area. Numerous illustrative figures, maps, appendices and a bibliography are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in historical geography, anthropology and archaeology.
Table of ContentsList of plates; List of text-figures; Foreword; Preface; Part I. Introduction: 1. Physical geography; 2. The work of previous investigators; Part II. The General Geology of the Special Areas and Stratigraphy: 3. Introduction. Western British Somaliland and the Nogal Valley; 4. The Webi Shebeli and its tributaries; 5. The Danakil rift; 6. The north and east coasts; 7. Correlation of geological deposits, events and cultures within the Horn; Part II. The Prehistory of the Special Areas: 8. Terminology; 9. The Acheulio-Levalloisian culture; 10. The Somaliland Stillbay culture; 11. The Doian culture; 12. The Somaliland Wilton culture and its variants; 13. Prehistoric art in the Horn of Africa; Part IV. A Tentative Correlation of Cultures and Climates: 14. A tentative correlation of cultures and climates in the Horn with other areas of the African continent and with Southern Arabia; Appendix A. Details of collections (not previously described) made by civil and military personnel in the Somalilands and Abyssinia; Appendix B. Tool lists for additional Somaliland Magosian culture sites; Appendix C. Tool lists for additional Hargesian culture sites; Appendix D. Tool lists for additional Doian culture sites; Appendix E. Tool lists for additional Somaliland Wilton culture sites; Appendix F. Report on the faunal remains collected by J. D. Clark from sites in the Somalilands D. M. A. Bate; Appendix G. List of marine molluscs collected by J. D. Clark from raised beaches and other sites in the Somalilands L. R. Cox; Appendix H. List of charcoals collected by J. D. Clark from prehistoric sites in the Somalilands. By Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Bibliography; Maps; Index.
