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Author Dueppen, Stephen A.

Title Egalitarian revolution in the Savanna : the origins of a West African political system / Stephen A. Dueppen.

Publication Info. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2014.
©2012

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Approaches to anthropological archaeology
Approaches to anthropological archaeology.
Note Originally published: Equinox Publishing, Ltd., 2012.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Subject Political customs and rites -- Africa, West.
Political customs and rites.
West Africa.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Africa, West.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Human settlements -- Africa, West -- History.
Human settlements.
History.
Archaeology and history -- Africa, West.
Archaeology and history.
Africa, West -- Antiquities.
Antiquities.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Dueppen, Stephen A. Egalitarian Revolution in the Savanna : The Origins of a West African Political System. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2014 9781908049209
ISBN 9781317543664 (electronic book)
1317543661 (electronic book)
9781317543657 (ePub ebook)
1317543653 (ePub ebook)