ISBN:
9781108634311
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9781108474085
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9781108463362
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 561 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Trans-Saharan archaeology volume 2
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Burials, migration and identity in the ancient Sahara and beyond
DDC:
393/.930961
Keywords:
Funeral rites and ceremonies
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Archaeology
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Funeral rites and ceremonies ; Africa, North
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Archaeology ; Africa, North
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Africa, North ; Emigration and immigration ; History
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Africa, North Emigration and immigration
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History
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Sahara
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Geschichte
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Archäologie
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Archäologische Stätte
Abstract:
This ground-breaking volume explores a series of inter-related key themes in Saharan archaeology and history. Migration and identity formation can both be approached from the perspective of funerary archaeology, using the combined evidence of burial structures, specific rites and funerary material culture, and integrated methods of skeletal analysis including morphometrics, palaeopathology and isotopes. Burial traditions from various parts of the Sahara are compared and contrasted with those of the Nile Valley, the Maghreb and West Africa. Several chapters deal with the related evidence of human migration derived from linguistic study. The volume presents the state of the field of funerary archaeology in the Sahara and its neighbouring regions and sets the agenda for future research on mobility, migration and identity. It will be a seminal reference point for Mediterranean and African archaeologists, historians and anthropologists as well as archaeologists interested in burial and migration more broadly.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Jun 2019)
DOI:
10.1017/9781108634311
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108634311
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