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Connah, Graham,

African Civilizations : An archaeological perspective / Graham Connah, Australian National University. - Third edition. - Cambridge: Graham Connah, 2016. - xiii, 412 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm - African Civilizations .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-398) and index.

The context -- Origins: social change on the lower Nile -- The Mediterranean frontier: North Africa -- Sudanic genesis : Nubia -- Isolation : the Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands -- Opportunity and constraint in the West African savanna -- Achieving power : the West African forest and its fringes -- Indian Ocean networks : the East African coast and islands -- Cattle, ivory and gold : social complexity in Zambezia -- Central Africa : the Upemba Depression, Interlacustrine region, and Far West -- Settlement growth and emerging polities : South Africa -- What are the common denominators?.

ISBN: 9781107011878 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781107621275 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2015032522

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Prehistoric peoples--Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Africa, Sub-Saharan--Antiquities.
Africa, Sub-Saharan--Civilization.

LC Class. No.: DT352.3 / CON 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 967/.01