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Author:   Stephanie Wynne-Jones (The University of York) ,  Jeffrey Fleisher (Rice University)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138860612

ISBN 10:   1138860611
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   18 June 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

I. Disciplinary engagements with Africa1 Theory in Africa: Africa in theory Stephanie Wynne-Jones and Jeffrey Fleisher 2 African models in global histories Scott MacEachern 3 The Problem of equifinality in archaeology Felix Chami 4 The place of Africa in theory Henrietta Moore II. Theory in Africa5 Problems with practice: Dynamic interpretation in African archaeology Stephanie Wynne-Jones 6 Situating the Swahili house Jeffrey Fleisher 7 Pioneers of archaeological thought and practice in postcolonial Nigeria Akin Ogundiran 8 Settlements and culture: Cognitive models in African prehistory Thomas Huffman 9 Material expressions of religious identity in Ghana Kodzo Gavua 10 What kind of science is archaeology? Iron Age studies in southern Africa Per Ditlef Fredriksen III. Africa in Archaeological Theory: Impacts beyond the Continent11 Iron Age imaginaries and barbarian encounters: European prehistory's African past Paul Lane 12 The African State in Theory: Thoughts on Political Landscapes and the Limits of Rule in Atlantic Senegal (and elsewhere) François G. Richard 13 Broadening the phenomenological perspective? Lessons from the African landscape Timothy Insoll 14 Off the coast, but hopefully not too off-the-cuff: Thoughts on anthropological archaeology and theory in Africa and Africa in theory and in practice Susan Kus IV. Commentary15 Joost Fontein 16 Wendy Ashmore

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The chapters it collates are well written, the volume itself well produced and the paperback edition solidly bound. The book is more reasonably priced than many edited volumes and the electronic edition particularly so... Theory in Africa, Africa in Theory is recommended for its lively, if inevitably partial, engagement with contemporary theory in African archaeology, along with its resonances and effects beyond the continent. - Ann B. Stahl, AZANIA: ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN AFRICA

Author Information

Stephanie Wynne-Jones is a Swahili archaeologist at the University of York, specializing in East African coastal urbanism, material culture and social practice. Jeffrey B. Fleisher is Associate Professor at Rice University and Director of the Rice University Archaeological Field School.

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