Egalitarian revolution in the Savanna : the origins of a West African political system /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dueppen, Stephen A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Oakville, Connecticut : Equinox Publishing Limited, 2012.
Series:Approaches to anthropological archaeology
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Table of Contents:
  • Decentralization and the evolution of egalitarian behaviors in sedentary societies
  • Ancient villages in the Niger bend: context and methods for exploring the Voltaic region
  • Ethnographic perspectives on western Burkina Faso: a survey
  • Kirikongo: an introduction to the site, the setting, and the research design
  • The West Africa environmental setting: Kirikongo in ecological context
  • Stratigraphies and depositional episodes: the excavations
  • Relative chronology: ceramics
  • Community growth at Kirikongo: the spatial and temporal setting
  • Early sedentary life in the Voltaic region: defining a "Voltaic tradition"
  • Craft production at Kirikongo: the origins, development and reinterpretation of specialization
  • Herding, farming, and ritual sacrifice: the economy from Kirikongo.