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Book New Technologies for Archaeology

Download or read book New Technologies for Archaeology written by Markus Reindel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-02-07 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This heavily-illustrated book covers recent developments in archaeometry and offers a multidisciplinary approach to reconstructing complex cultural histories. It also presents a detailed history of human development in South America’s Nasca region.

Book Ali Ogba

    Book Details:
  • Author : Francis J. Ellah
  • Publisher : Fourth Dimention Publishing Company Limited
  • Release : 1995
  • ISBN : 9789781564000
  • Pages : 226 pages

Download or read book Ali Ogba written by Francis J. Ellah and published by Fourth Dimention Publishing Company Limited. This book was released on 1995 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ogba people comprise fourteen extended families divided into clans, and occupy am area of about 600 km in the Niger flood plain. This study covers their origns, environment, politcal, economic and social institutions, and cultural practices. It also considers the impact of colonialism and the activities of the Christian missionaries on the Ogba, in the context of the various etnic groups in Nigeria thus affected. It argues that although the Ogba lost much under colonial rule, their resilience and adaptability, in common with many Nigerian ethnic groups was the key to their cultural renewal and adaptation to the modern era. The author further suggests that rather than perceiving Nigerian history as a series of micro- histories of different ethnic groups, it is closer to the truth to understand Nigeria as a loose associations of people with a common history and common cultural traits - all to the good, given their common destiny.

Book Swahili and Sabaki

Download or read book Swahili and Sabaki written by Derek Nurse and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 813 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sabaki languages form a major Bantu subgroup and are spoken by 35 million East Africans in Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, and the Comoro Islands. The authors provide a historical/comparative treatment of Swahili (and other Sabaki languages), an account of the relationship of Swahili to Sabaki and to other Bantu languages, and some data on contemporary Sabaki languages. Data sets, appendices, maps, and figures present essential information on phonology, lexical makeup, and tense/aspect morphology. The final chapter is a synthesis describing the linguistic and historical relationship of the Sabaki dialects to each other and to hypothetical proto-stages.

Book Ancient DNA

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bernd Herrmann
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2012-12-06
  • ISBN : 1461243181
  • Pages : 275 pages

Download or read book Ancient DNA written by Bernd Herrmann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient DNA refers to DNA which can be recovered and analyzed from clinical, museum, archaeological and paleontological specimens. Ancient DNA ranges in age from less than 100 years to tens of millions of years. The study of ancient DNA is a young field, but it has been revolutionized by the application of polymerase chain reaction technology, and interest is growing very rapidly. Fields as diverse as evolution, anthropology, medicine, agriculture, and even law enforcement have quickly found applications in the recovery of ancient DNA. This book contains contributions from many of the "first generation" researchers who pioneered the development and application of ancient DNA methods. Their chapters present the protocols and precautions which have resulted in the remarkable results obtained in recent years. The range of subjects reflects the wide diversity of applications that are emerging in research on ancient DNA, including the study of DNA to analyze kinship, recovery of DNA from organisms trapped in amber, ancient DNA from human remains preserved in a variety of locations and conditions, DNA recovered from herbarium and museum specimens, and DNA isolated from ancient plant seeds or compression fossils. Ancient DNA will serve as a valuable source of information, ideas, and protocols for anyone interested in this extraordinary field.

Book Muhammad s Place in the Church

    Book Details:
  • Author : Muhammad Webb
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2018-06
  • ISBN : 9781720648925
  • Pages : 52 pages

Download or read book Muhammad s Place in the Church written by Muhammad Webb and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Muhammad Alexander Russell Webb reprinted and sold the writings of Orientalists, Sufis, Modernist, and traditional Madhab following Muslims through his Moslem World Publishing Company. Webb published a response to von Bunsen's article "Mahomet's Place in the Church" in Notes and Queries in 1896. Webb's review and von Bunsen's expansion of the article published in his Islam, or True Christianity are reprinted in this volume. He sold reprints of his and von Bunsen's articles also.

Book Jimmy la Guma

Download or read book Jimmy la Guma written by Alex La Guma and published by Friends of South African Library. This book was released on 1997 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book African Material Culture

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  • Author : Mary Jo Arnoldi
  • Publisher : Indiana University Press
  • Release : 1996-04-22
  • ISBN : 0253116635
  • Pages : 384 pages

Download or read book African Material Culture written by Mary Jo Arnoldi and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1996-04-22 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume has much to recommend it -- providing fascinating and stimulating insights into many arenas of material culture, many of which still remain only superficially explored in the archaeological literature." -- Archaeological Review "... a vivid introduction to the topic.... A glimpse into the unique and changing identities in an ever-changing world." -- Come-All-Ye Fourteen interdisciplinary essays open new perspectives for understanding African societies and cultures through the contextualized study of objects, treating everything from the production of material objects to the meaning of sticks, masquerades, household tools, clothing, and the television set in the contemporary repertoire of African material culture.

Book  All Good Men

    Book Details:
  • Author : Arie N. Ipenburg
  • Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
  • Release : 1992
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 368 pages

Download or read book All Good Men written by Arie N. Ipenburg and published by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften. This book was released on 1992 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book examines both the local development, role and impact of the Protestant Lubwa Mission in north-eastern Zambia, and the history of the church which grew out of it. The main chapters explore in turn the principal phases 1904-25 (founding of the mission and rapid expansion after World War I); 1925-39 (the consolidation of mission and church development); 1939-53 (the impact of war and relations with African members and early nationalists) and 1953-67 (the challenge of the Lumpa movement, reconstruction and European missionary withdrawal). The main themes explored throughout are those of the mission's educational work, the interplay of missionary Christianity and African culture, rivalry with the Roman Catholic White Fathers, and relations with the nationalist movement.

Book Cardinal Lavigerie

Download or read book Cardinal Lavigerie written by François Renault and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1994 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive life history of Cardinal Lavigerie (1825-1892), remembered today as the founder of the two principal Missionary Congregations active in Africa (the White Fathers and the White Sisters). One of his achievements was the campaign for the abolition of slavery throughout the world.

Book Archaeology of Gonja  Ghana

Download or read book Archaeology of Gonja Ghana written by P. L. Shinnie and published by Calgary : University of Calgary Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This detailed report of archaeological research in a little-known part of northern Ghana includes illustrations & description of new artefact types ranging in date from the second millennium BC to the present day.

Book Anioma

    Book Details:
  • Author : Don C. Ohadike
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1994
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 280 pages

Download or read book Anioma written by Don C. Ohadike and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subject is the history since the 10th century A.D. of a people of Nigeria who began to reclaim their usurped identity in the 1970s. In a broader context, the study illustrates how certain decentralized (or small-scale) African societies functioned in precolonial periods, how their settlements grew from a few individuals to tens of thousands of

Book Kibiro

Download or read book Kibiro written by Graham Connah and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Swahili Origins

    Book Details:
  • Author : James De Vere Allen
  • Publisher : James Currey
  • Release : 1993-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780852550762
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book Swahili Origins written by James De Vere Allen and published by James Currey. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Jakhanke

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lamin O. Sanneh
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2018-09-03
  • ISBN : 0429943911
  • Pages : 225 pages

Download or read book The Jakhanke written by Lamin O. Sanneh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When originally published in 1979, this was the first comprehensive study of the Jakhanke in any language. Despite the 19th ambience of jihad, the Jakhanke maintined their tradition of consistent pacifism and political neutrality which is unique in Muslim Black Africa. Drawing on histories, interviews, and colonial reports the book traces the details of the Jakhanke pilgrimages and analyses important themes such as their system of education, their function as dream-interpreters and amulet-makers and finally the dependence of their way of life on the institution of slavery.

Book Kingship and State

    Book Details:
  • Author : Christopher Wrigley
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2002-05-16
  • ISBN : 9780521894357
  • Pages : 316 pages

Download or read book Kingship and State written by Christopher Wrigley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-05-16 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The precolonial kingdom of Buganda, nucleus of the present Uganda state, has long attracted scholarly interest. Since written records are lacking entirely until 1862, historians have had to rely on oral traditions that were recorded from the end of the nineteenth century. These sources provide rich materials on Buganda in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but in this 1996 book Christopher Wrigley endeavours to show that the stories which appear to relate to earlier periods are largely mythology. He argues that this does not reduce their value since they are of interest in their own mythical right, revealing ancient traces of sacred kingship, and also throwing oblique light on the development of the recent state. He has written an elegant and wide-ranging study of one of Africa's most famous kingdoms.

Book Pende

    Book Details:
  • Author : Z. S. Strother
  • Publisher : 5Continents
  • Release : 2008-10
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 138 pages

Download or read book Pende written by Z. S. Strother and published by 5Continents. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lavish illustrations feature both iconic and never-before-published Pende masterworks, selected to

Book Great Zimbabwe

    Book Details:
  • Author : Peter S. Garlake
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1985
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 70 pages

Download or read book Great Zimbabwe written by Peter S. Garlake and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: