West Africa During the Atlantic Slave Trade

Archaelogical Perspectives

Christopher Raymond De Corse (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2001
Leicester University Press (Verlag)
978-0-7185-0247-8 (ISBN)

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This volume surveys archaeological data from West Africa, examining sites ranging from the Senegambia to the Cameroon, focusing on data from about 1500. The researched material provides information for evaluating both change and continuity in African societies.

Christopher R. DeCorse is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Syracuse University.

Tools for understanding transformation and continuity in Senegambian society, 1500-1900; historical process and the impact of the Atlantic trade on Banda, Ghana, 1800-1920; the effects of the slave trade on the Bassar Ironworking Society, Togo; change and continuity in Coastal Benin; Bornu - history and archaeology of an empire in the central 'bilad el-sudan; state formation and enslavement in the Southern Lake Chad Basin; 500 years in the Cameroons - making sense of the archaeology record; an Americanist perspective on African archaeology - towards and archaeology of the Black Atlantic.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.12.2001
Reihe/Serie	New Approaches to Anthropological Archaelogy
Zusatzinfo	51 b&w maps, photographs, drawings
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	300 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-7185-0247-7 / 0718502477
ISBN-13	978-0-7185-0247-8 / 9780718502478
Zustand	Neuware