Routledge Studies in African Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
Limpopo Life: The Heritage, Archaeology and Historical Ecology of Limpopo National Park
1st Edition
By Anneli Ekblom, Michel Notelid
June 20, 2025
Limpopo Life introduces the reader to the material culture, oral histories, and the negotiation of conservation and landscape in an area now known as Limpopo National Park. Introducing the archaeology of a region that has not been surveyed or discussed, this book connects to the archaeology, ...
Saharan Hunter-Gatherers: Specialization and Diversification in Holocene Southwestern Libya
1st Edition
By Savino di Lernia
January 29, 2024
This book explores the archaeology of the Acacus massif and surrounding areas in southwestern Libya over approximately 2500 years of the Early Holocene, utilising fresh theoretical approaches and new explanations of the social and cultural processes of the area. Archaeological and rock art evidence...
Great Zimbabwe: Reclaiming a ‘Confiscated’ Past
1st Edition
By Shadreck Chirikure
May 30, 2022
Conditioned by local ways of knowing and doing, Great Zimbabwe develops a new interpretation of the famous World Heritage site of Great Zimbabwe. It combines archaeological knowledge, including recent material from the author’s excavations, with native concepts and philosophies. Working from a ...
Remembering Turkana: Material Histories and Contemporary Livelihoods in North-Western Kenya
1st Edition
By Samuel F. Derbyshire
May 06, 2022
This book explores aspects of the socio-economic and political history of the Turkana of northern Kenya, examining the making and remaking of the regional economy via the trajectories of socio-material interaction that have structured key practices, relationships and livelihoods over the past ...
African Islands: A Comparative Archaeology
1st Edition
By Peter Mitchell
April 12, 2022
African Islands provides the first geographically and chronologically comprehensive overview of the archaeology of African islands. This book draws archaeologically informed histories of African islands into a single synthesis, focused on multiple issues of common interest, among them human ...