| Landscape Transformations and the Archaeology of Impact: Social Disruption and State Formation in Southern Africa 2002 Edition Contributor(s): Perry, Warren R. (Author), Agorsah, E. Kofi (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1475772505 ISBN-13: 9781475772500 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - South - Republic Of South Africa - Social Science | Popular Culture - Social Science | Archaeology |
| Dewey: 968.000 |
| Series: Contributions to Global Historical Archaeology |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.63 lbs) 180 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southern Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An attempt to use archaeological materials to investigate the colonization of southeastern Africa during the period 1500 to 1900. Perry demonstrates the usefulness of archaeology in bypassing the biases of the ethnohistorical and documentary record and generating a more comprehensive understanding of history. Special attention is paid to the period of state formation in Swaziland and a critique of the Settler Model', which the author finds to be invalid. |