Forgotten Africa: An Introduction to Its ArchaeologyPsychology Press, 2004 - 193 pagina's Forgotten Africa introduces the general reader and beginning student to Africa's past, emphasizing those aspects only known or best known from archaeological and related evidence. It covers four million years of history across the continent, examining important aspects of Africa's momentous human story. Graham Connah is concerned to raise public awareness, both inside and outside Africa, to this frequently overlooked and often forgotten subject. Forgotten Africa examines: * human origins, The result is a fascinating and important story told in a straightforward and readable manner. |
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later huntergatherers in Africa | 4 |
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3000 years of achievement | 57 |
a meeting place of different people | 64 |
the Lake Chad story 82 | 82 |
Carthaginian Greek and Roman North Africa | 88 |
front door to Europe front door to Africa | 94 |
an early city on the Middle Niger | 101 |
early farmers south of the Equator | 131 |
life in the Upemba Depression | 137 |
production and power amongst the Great Lakes | 145 |
the trading settlements of the East African coast | 151 |
Great Zimbabwe and related sites | 157 |
later farmers in southern Africa | 163 |
the impact of European expansion | 169 |
Remembering Africas past | 176 |