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Guide Picks - Recent Books on African Archaeology
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Only a handful of recent books on archaeology of the African countries have reached my doorstep to date; luckily, what there is is choice.
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1.) Making History in Banda
Subtitled "Anthropological Visions of Africa's Past," this new book by Ann B. Stahl applies the force of ethnohistoric research to build a history of the Banda region in western Africa.
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2.) The Berbers
This book by Michael Brett and Elizabeth Fentriss melds archaeology and history to provide a terrific introduction to the culture history of the Berbers of North Africa.
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3.) Digging through Darkness
South African archaeologist Carmel Schrire's inventive personal memoir, subtitled, "Chronicles of an Archaeologist."
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4.) The Rise and Fall of Swahili States
Between the 11th and 16th centuries AD, a truly cosmopolitan civilization rose and fell on the eastern coast of Africa. A review of the book by Chapurukha M. Kusimba
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5.) The Soapstone Birds of Great Zimbabwe
Subtitled "Symbols of a Nation," this brief but stylishly published book on the history, description, and meaning of the eight soapstone carvings found at the Great Zimbabwe site in Zimbabwe. Author Edward Matenga provides a historical background to the interpretation of the objects as well as the history of archaeological studies at the site.
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