Archaeology, anthropology and community in Africa: lessons from Congo and Ghana

The oldest sites (reported in Chapter 5) date back as far as the beginning of the last millennium BC and reflect an archaeological association between pottery, stone tools and carbonised oil palm nuts that extends north and south of the Loango Coast and is generally associated with the initial south...

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Published in:Antiquity 2014, Vol.88 (342), p.1329-1331
Main Author: Mitchell, Peter
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropology
Archaeological evidence
Archaeology
Bantu languages
Community
Cultural anthropology
Field study
Iron Age
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Summary:The oldest sites (reported in Chapter 5) date back as far as the beginning of the last millennium BC and reflect an archaeological association between pottery, stone tools and carbonised oil palm nuts that extends north and south of the Loango Coast and is generally associated with the initial southward expansion from Cameroon of farmers speaking Bantu languages. Chapter 6 discusses Iron Age sites of the first millennium AD, Chapter 7 those from the second, while Chapter 8 provides a well-rounded synthesis of archaeological, linguistic and genetic data pertaining to the expansion of food production into southern Africa, where Denbow has also worked.
ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744
DOI:10.1017/S0003598X00115534