West African Archaeology: New developments, new perspectives

Product Description The book contains papers read at the conference West African archaeology, New developments, New perspectives, co-sponsored by the Nigerian Field Society and the Department of Archaeology of the University of Sheffield, with the support of the Universitys Humanities Research Institute, was held at the HRI in Sheffield on 27 June 2009. They are a testimony to the fact that - for all the constraints imposed upon it - archaeological research in West Africa continues to be pursued actively and to make a significant contribution to the subject in the continent as a whole. Contents: Introduction (Philip Allsworth-Jones); Ounjougou: a long Middle Stone Age sequence in the Dogon country (Mali) (Sylvain Soriano, Michel Rasse, Chantal Tribolo, Eric Huysecom); Middle Stone Age Sangoan-Lupemban Lithic Assemblages of Africa (Laura Basell) The archaeological context of the Iwo Eleru cranium from Nigeria and preliminary results of new morphometric studies (Philip Allsworth-Jones, Katerina Harvati, Chris Stringer); A developmental history for early West African agriculture (Katie Manning); Recent developments in iron-working research in West Africa (Len Pole); Beyond Art, Archaeological studies on the Nok Culture, Central Nigeria (Nicole Rupp); Destructive times, constructive measures: Danish funding and collaboration to develop archaeology in Bénin (Klavs Randsborg); Between the Forest and the Sudan: The Dynamics of Trade in Northern Ghana (Joanna Casey); Was Benin a forest kingdom? Attempting to reconstruct landscapes in Southern Nigeria (Pauline von Hellermann); The archaeology and palynology of Ajaba, a late iron-age settlement in north-east Yoruba land, Nigeria: some preliminary results (A.E. Orijemie, A. Ogunfolakan, J.O. Aleru, M.A. Sowunmi); The Stone Arm Rings and Related Polished Stone Industries of Hombori (Mali) (K.C. MacDonald); Contextualising the DGB sites of northern Cameroon(Gerhard Muller-Kosack); Ethnoarchaeology at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Ibadan: excavation of the mound at Adesina Oja in the Archaeological Reserve (Philip Allsworth-Jones); The Dundu Museum (Angola): project for its reopening and renovation (2007) (Manuel Laranjeira Rodrigues de Areia); The linguistic geography of Nigeria and its implications for prehistory (Roger Blench). About the Author Philip Allsworth-Jones