| Ancient Middle Niger Contributor(s): McIntosh, Roderick J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521012430 ISBN-13: 9780521012430 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $33.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - West - History | Ancient - General - History | Civilization |
| Dewey: 966.260 |
| Series: Case Studies in Early Societies |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.8" (0.85 lbs) 278 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - West Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The cities of West Africa's Middle Niger, only recently brought to the world's attention, make us rethink the 'whys' and the 'wheres' of ancient urbanism. They present the archaeologist with a novelty; a non-nucleated, clustered city-plan with no centralized, state-focused power. This book explores the emergence of these cities in the first millennium B.C. and the evolution of their hinterlands from the perspective of the self-organized landscape. Cities appeared in a series of profound transforms to the human-land relations and this book illustrates how each transform marked a leap in complexity. |
Contributor Bio(s): McIntosh, Roderick J.: - Roderick J. McIntosh is Professor of Anthropology at Rice University and visiting Professor of Archaeology at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. His recent publications include The Peoples of Middle Niger: Island of Gold (1998), The Way the Wind Blows: Climate, History, and Human Action (2000) and Geomorphology and Human Palaeoecology of the Méma, Mali (2005). |