The African Iron AgeP. L. Shinnie "The advance in knowledge of the archaeology of the Iron Age in Africa during the last twenty years is one of the most significant developments of archaeology anywhere. Going hand in hand with new historical research there is now a large and growing body of information on the subject. This book endeavours to give in concise but accurate form a summary of what is known. The authors, most of whom are still actively at work in the field, are all authorities in their own areas and several of them have been pioneers in developing archaeology in Africa. It is hoped that the book may prove of use to nonspecialists who would like to know of recent developments as well as to the growing number of students of the subject"-- |
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GHANA by P C Ozanne | 36 |
THE WESTERN SUDAN by R Mauny | 66 |
THE SUDAN by P L Shinnie | 89 |
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Accra African History Arab archaeological axes Azania Bantu beads Benin bowls bronze Buispoort burial Cape Cave century A.D. Chwezi coast Congo copper culture decoration dimple-based earlier earliest early Early-Iron-Age East Africa eastern Egypt evidence excavated Fagg fifteenth century forest Ghana Gokomere grooves Hiernaux highlands important incised Iron Age iron-working Islamic Journal of African Katanga Kenya Kilwa Kisalian known Kwale Lake Victoria Late-Stone-Age later Leopard's Kopje Limpopo Mapungubwe material medieval Meroe Meroitic microliths miles millennium B.C. mounds Nenquin Neolithic Nguni Nigeria Nile northern occupation period population Portuguese Posnansky pots potsherds pottery probably radio-carbon dates recent region Rhodesia river Rozwi ruins Rwanda Sahara Sanga savanna sculptures settlement seventeenth sherds Sirikwa Sirikwa holes South Central Africa southern Stone Age Sudan suggests Tanzania terracotta Thysville town trade tradition Transvaal Uganda Uitkomst valley vessels ware West African western Yoruba Zambezi Zambia Zimbabwe