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Historical Archaeology: A Structural Approach in an African Culture

Peter R. Schmidt

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Participatory Archaeology and Heritage Studies: Perspectives from Africa

Participatory Archaeology and Heritage Studies: Perspectives from Africa provides new ways to look at and think about the practice of community archaeology and heritage studies across the globe. Long hidden…

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Iron Technology in East Africa: Symbolism, Science, and Archaeology

Peter R. Schmidt

On the iron smelting technology of the Haya people of NW Tanzania. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Historical Archaeology in Africa: Representation, Social Memory, and Oral Traditions

Peter R. Schmidt

Presents an inquiry into the questions that count, proposing different ways of thinking about historical archaeology. Confronting topics of oral traditions, our orientation to archaeology, and the misrepresentation of various…

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Historical Archaeology in Africa: Representation, Social Memory, and Oral Traditions

Peter R. Schmidt

Presents an inquiry into the questions that count, proposing different ways of thinking about historical archaeology. Confronting topics of oral traditions, our orientation to archaeology, and the misrepresentation of various…

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Iron Technology in East Africa: Symbolism, Science and Archaeology

Peter R. Schmidt

Through a cross-cultural and comparative approach, it reveals both changes and significant continuities in the symbolism that conferred meaning to iron smelting over two thousand years in East and Central…

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Participatory Archaeology and Heritage Studies: Perspectives from Africa

Participatory Archaeology and Heritage Studies: Perspectives from Africa provides new ways to look at and think about the practice of community archaeology and heritage studies across the globe. Long hidden…

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Postcolonial Archaeologies in Africa

Postcolonial Archaeologies in Africa features some of the foremost archaeologists from Africa and the United States and presents cutting-edge proposals for how archaeology in Africa today can be made more…

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Community-based Heritage in Africa: Unveiling Local Research and Development Initiatives

Peter R. Schmidt (University of Florida, USA)

This volume provides a powerful alternative to the Western paradigms that have governed archaeological inquiry and heritage studies in Africa. Community-based Heritage Research in Africa boldly shifts focus away from…

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Community-based Heritage in Africa: Unveiling Local Research and Development Initiatives

Peter R. Schmidt (University of Florida, USA)

This volume provides a powerful alternative to the Western paradigms that have governed archaeological inquiry and heritage studies in Africa. Community-based Heritage Research in Africa boldly shifts focus away from…

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Community Archaeology and Heritage in Africa: Decolonizing Practice

This volume provides new insights into the distinctive contributions that community archaeology and heritage make to the decolonization of archaeological practice. Using innovative approaches, the contributors explore important initiatives which…

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The Death of Prehistory

This volume provides authoritative examples of how the concept of prehistory has diminished histories of other cultures outside the West and how archaeologists can reclaim more inclusive histories set within…

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Community Archaeology and Heritage in Africa: Decolonizing Practice

This volume provides new insights into the distinctive contributions that community archaeology and heritage make to the decolonization of archaeological practice. Using innovative approaches, the contributors explore important initiatives which…

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The History of Kiziba and Its Kings: A Translation of Amakuru Ga Kiziba na Abamkama Bamu

This authoritative translation makes available for the first time an accessible account of northwestern Tanzanian and southwestern Ugandan history during the pre-colonial and early colonial periods.

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Historia ya Kiziba na Wafalme Wake: Tafsiri ya Amakuru Ga Kiziba na Abamkama Bamu

Tafsiri hii muhimu itafanya historia ya Kaskazini Magharibi mwa Tanzania na Kusini Magharibi mwa Uganda kabla na mwanzoni mwa ukoloni iwafikie kwa mara ya kwanza wasomi wengi.

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Plundering Africa’s Past

The book concludes with a discussion of specific steps that could halt the disappearance of Africa’s art and antiquities.

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Archaeologies of Listening

Archaeologists tend to rely on scientific methods to reconstruct past histories, an approach that can limit the potential of archaeological research. Essays in this volume argue that listening to and…

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Archaeologies of Listening

Archaeologists tend to rely on scientific methods to reconstruct past histories, an approach that can alienate local indigenous populations and limit research. Essays in this volume argue that listening to…

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Plundering Africa’s Past

Roderick J. McIntosh

The conclusion discusses specific steps that could be taken to halt the plunder.

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Macht Und Ohnmacht Der Bilder: Reformatorischer Bildersturm Im Kontext Der Europaischen Geschichte

Proceedings of a conference held January 21-24, 2001, Universit'at Bern.

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Gender in African Prehistory

Gender and African Prehistory emphasizes environmental reconstructions over the past four decades and uncovers paleoenvironmental factors on both the macro and microscopic levels.

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Rethinking the Enlightenment: Between History, Philosophy, and Politics

Rethinking the Enlightenment connects new work in intellectual history with fresh understandings of Continental philosophy and political theory. The collection bridges the disciplinary divides between the Enlightenment as understood in…

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Rethinking the Enlightenment: Between History, Philosophy, and Politics

Rethinking the Enlightenment connects new work in intellectual history with fresh understandings of Continental philosophy and political theory. The collection bridges the disciplinary divides between the Enlightenment as understood in…

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