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A History of African Archaeology

Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, 1991

This 378-page book (Robertshaw 1990) has three chapters which deal with the whole of Africa and ten on the history of archaeology in different African sub-regions. Three chapters are personal memoirs of pioneer archaeologists in Africa still alive, and the volume is concluded by an overall analysis. Structure of the book The chapters can be broken down as tbllows: General Africa, including tile introduction and conclusion

Currents in African Historical Archaeology at the Turn of a Millennium: A Review Essay

The South African Archaeological Bulletin, 2008

Archaeology and the Modern World: Colonial Transcripts in South Africa and the Chesapeake by Martin Hall; Cattle for Beads: The Archaeology of Historical Contact and Trade on the Namib Coast by Jill Kinahan; An Archaeology of Elmina: Africans and Europeans on the Gold Coast, 1400-1900 by Christopher R. DeCorse; Making History in Banda: Anthropological Visions of Africa's past by Ann Stahl; African Historical Archaeologies by Andrew Reid; Paul Lane; Historical Archaeology in Africa: Representation, Social Memory and Oral Traditions by Peter Schmidt.

Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology 1?6: an annotated bibliography

The African Archaeological Review, 1983

The CMAA monographs satisfy a real need in African archaeological communication by making possible the rapid publication in extenso of research monographs and thematic collections of papers that contain essential data and significant results, but which are unlikely to find favour with the normal commercial publisher and would otherwise appear fragmented and stripped of a large part of their data complement in journal articles. All but Hall's monograph betray their ancestry as Ph.D. theses (and of these all but one for the University of Cambridge). Dr John Alexander, the General Editor of the series, might in some cases have exercised greater editorial control and demanded more revision and in particular more emphasis on clarity of presentation of the data. The volumes, in a large (294 × 208 mm) format, are reproduced from typescripts; the text is admirably clear though with far too many typographical errors, the figures legible if sometimes less than perfect. At £10.00 a votume, prices are reasonable and include postage and handling. Dr A. E. Hands, a General Editor of British Archaeological Reports, which publishes and distributes directly from 122 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7BP, informs us that they are actively seeking scholarly manuscripts and hope to offer several African titles a year. NZEWUNWA, Nwanna t980. The Niger Delta. Prehistoric economy and culture, xiii, 267 pp., 61 figures. Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology 1, BAR International Series 75. ISBN 0 86054 083 9 and 0143 3067. £10.00.

COLOlIl'À^ rAtQLOG.IES Worldviews, Mind-Sets, and Trajectories in West African Archaeology

In Africa, archaeological research is without any doubt an offshoot of European colonization. Native African communities have developed différent ways to access and revive the past. Can thèse différent approaches be synthesized to generate a broader and richer understanding of past Africans' lives? This is precisely one of the cote éléments of the challenge of postcolonial perspectives on African archaeology. The development of archaeological research was the resuit of conflicts , tensions, and negotiations within the colonial technostructure. At the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century, there was no cohérent and well-articulated archaeological curriculum anywhere. Archaeological research was conducted by daring and bright minds. Without standard methodology and précise goals, "prehistoric" archaeology was fueled by major controversies. The development of a more secular view of human history, the theory of natural sélection, the resilience o...