Archaeology, Language, and the African Past

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Rowman Altamira, 2006 - 361 pàgines
Archaeology, Language, and the African Past is an overview of theories and methods, a fusion of African linguistics and archaeology. Roger Blench provides a comprehensive look at the history of all African language families, incorporating the latest linguistic classifications, current evidence from archaeology, genetic research, and recorded history. This original and definitive volume examines the economic culture of the continent--from major crops and plant life to animals and livestock--from a multi-dimensional perspective. It provides students of linguistics, archaeology, and anthropology with a critical discussion on the history of African languages and the cultures they articulate.
 

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Contested Methodologies
33
African Language Phyla
89
NiloSaharan
95
NigerCongo
109
Afroasiatic
139
Khoesan
163
Other Language Groups
169
Synthesis
179
Reconstructing Economic Prehistory
187
Plants
191
Animals
243
Reconstructing the African Past
283
References
287
Index
341
About the Author
361
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Pàgina 314 - Analysis of mitochondrial DNA indicates that domestic sheep are derived from two different ancestral maternal sources: no evidence for contributions from urial and argali sheep.
Pàgina 289 - K.Neumann. 1995. Pollen from Oursi/Burkina Faso and charcoal from NE Nigeria: a contribution to the Holocene vegetation history of the West African Sahel.
Pàgina 297 - Antwoord van Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn op de Vraaghen, Hem Voorgestelt Over de Bediedinge van de Tot Noch Toe Onbekende Afgodinne Nehalennia, Onlancx Uytgegeven. In Welcke de Ghemeine Herkomste van der Griecken, Romeinen, Ende Duytschen Tale Uyt den Scythen Duydelijck Bewesen, Ende Verscheiden Oudheden van Dese Volckeren Grondelijck Ontdeckt Ende Verklaert. Leyden, the Netherlands: Willem Christiaens van der Boxe.
Pàgina 296 - The diffusion of maize in Nigeria: A historical and linguistic investigation.
Pàgina 300 - Le rôle de l'homme dans la dispersion des plantes tropicales. Échanges d'espèces entre l'Afrique tropicale et l'Amérique du Sud.
Pàgina 291 - Human Dispersals and Colonizations in Prehistory — The Southeast Asian Data and Their Implications.
Pàgina 297 - EP, et al. (1996) Mitochondrial diversity and the origins of African and European cattle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 93, 5131-5. Bradley, DG, MacHugh, DE, Loftus, RT, et al. (1994) Zebu-taurine variation in Y chromosomal DNA: a sensitive assay for genetic introgression in West African trypanotolerant cattle populations.

Sobre l'autor (2006)

Roger Blench is a social anthropologist working in agricultural development and the managing director of Mallam Dendo Ltd., a consultancy company based in Cambridge, UK.

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