Overview

This book presents an interdisciplinary overview of the origins of African livestock, placing Africa as one of the world centres for animal domestication. With sections on archaeology, genetics, linguistics and ethnography, this collection contains over twenty contributions from the field's foremost experts and provides fully illustrated, never before published data, and extensive bibliographies.

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Author:   Roger Blench ,  Kevin MacDonald
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.050kg
ISBN:  

9780415515771

ISBN 10:   0415515777
Pages:   568
Publication Date:   13 December 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1: Introduction; 1: The origins of African livestock: indigenous or imported?; 2: A survey of ethnographic and linguistic evidence for the history of livestock in Africa; 2: Archaeology; 3: Cattle, sheep, and goats south of the Sahara: an archaeozoological perspective; 4: Bos africanus (Brehm)? Notes on the archaeozoology of the native cattle of Africa; 5: Climate and cattle in North Africa: a first approximation; 6: Livestock in Saharan Rock Art; 7: African livestock remains from Saharan mortuary contexts; 8: The origins and development of domesticated animals in arid West Africa; 9: Domestic animals from archaeological sites in Central and west-central Africa; 10: The origins and spread of domestic animals in East Africa; 11: The origins of the domesticated animals of southern Africa; 3: Genetics and Breed Characterization; 12: Genetics and the origins of African cattle; 13: Two Eves for taurusl Bovine mitochondrial DNA and African cattle domestication; 14: Molecular genetic analysis of African zeboid populations; 15: Characterization of the Kuri cattle of Lake Chad using molecular genetic techniques; 16: Characterizations of African cattle, sheep and goats and their contributions to archaeological understanding; 17: The characterization of indigenous goat types of Ethiopia and Eritrea; 18: Using morphobiometric indices to map goat resources in Africa; 19: Indigenous domesticated dogs of southern Africa: an introduction; 4: Linguistics and Ethnography; 20: African minor livestock species; 21: A history of donkeys, wild asses and mules in Africa; 22: A history of pigs in Africa; 23: Did chickens go west?; 24: Linguistic evidence for the prehistory of livestock in Sudan; 25: Ethnographic perspectives on cattle management in semi-arid environments: a case study from Maasailand; 26: The history of working animals in Africa; 27: Bees and bee-keeping in Africa

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