West African Culture Dynamics : : Archaeological and Historical Perspectives / / ed. by B. K. Swartz, Raymond E. Dumett.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA History <1990
• MitwirkendeR: AFIGBO, A. E.,; ANDAH, BASSEY W.,; ARMSTRONG, ROBERT G.,; ATHERTON, JOHN H.,; ATKINSON, RONALD R.,; BAIER, STEPHEN,; BEDAUX, R. M. A.,; Barrows, Leland Conley,; COOKEY, S. J. S.,; COURSEY, D. G.,; DAVID, NICHOLAS,; DAVIES, OLIVER,; DUMETT, RAYMOND E.,; ELLIS, DAVID V.,; FLIGHT, COLIN,; HARTLE, DONALD D.,; HAYS, T. R.,; HERBERT, EUGENIA,; HOGENDORN, JAN S.,; HUNWICK, J. O.,; MOUSER, BRUCE L.,; MUNSON, PATRICK J.,; PERINBAM, B. MARIE,; RUSTAD, JOHN A.,; SWARTZ, Β. K.,; WEISKEL, TIMOTHY C.,; WILSON, HENRY S.,; ΚΕΑ, RAY Α.,
• HerausgeberIn: Dumett, Raymond E.,; Swartz, B. K.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]; ©1980
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: Reprint 2011
• Language: English
• Series: World Anthropology : An Interdisciplinary Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (626 p.) :; 10 plates
• Other title: I-IV --; General Editor's Preface --; Preface --; PART ONE Archaeology --; Introduction: Some Formulations on the Prehistory of West Africa --; Processes of Coastal Evolution in West Africa During the Quaternary --; The Status of Guinea Coast Ρaleoarchaeological Knowledge as Seen from Legon --; Excavations at Rim, North-Central Upper Volta: A Paleoecological Study --; The Origins and Domestication of Yams in Africa --; The Kintampo Culture and Its Place in the Economic Prehistory of West Africa --; Archaeological Data on the Origins of Cultivation in the Southwestern Sahara and Their Implications for West Africa --; Comments on the Advent of Plant Cultivation in West Africa --; History of Crops and Peoples in North Cameroon to A.D. 1900 --; The Sahara as a Center of Ceramic Dispersion in Northern Africa --; Archaeology East of the Niger: A Review of Cultural-Historical Developments --; The Ntereso Culture in Ghana --; The Emergence of Iron Technology in West Africa, with Special Emphasis on the Νok Culture of Nigeria --; The Geographic Distribution of Footed Bowls in the Upper and Middle Niger Region --; Speculations on Functions of Some Prehistoric Archaeological Materials from Sierra Leone --; PART TWO History --; Introduction: Research Trends in West African History --; Prolegomena to the Study of the Culture History of the Igbo-speaking Peoples of Nigeria --; An Ethnohistorical Reconstruction of Traditional Igbo Society --; Old Akyem and the Origins of Akyems Abuakwa and Kotoku 1675-1775 --; Administration and Trade in the Akwamu Empire, 1681-1730 --; The Dynamics and Symbolism of Idoma Kingship --; Gao and the Almoravids: A Hypothesis --; Timbuktu: A Case Study of the Role of Legend in History --; The Julas in Western Sudanese History: Long-Distance Traders and Developers of Resources --; Slave Acquisition and Delivery in Precolonial Hausaland --; Accommodation and Assimilation in the Landlord-Stranger Relationship --; Some Paradoxes of Pacification: Senegal and France in the 1850's and 1860's --; Changing Perspectives on African Resistance Movements and the Case of the Baule Peoples --; Nation Building, Ethnicity, And the New Imperialism: Dilemmas of Political Development in Liberia --; Long-Term Structural Change in the Economy of Central Niger --; Biographical Notes --; Index of Names --; Index of Subjects
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110800685; 9783110635829
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110800685
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by B. K. Swartz, Raymond E. Dumett.