This is the first book devoted to the archaeology of African life on both sides of the Atlantic; it highlights the importance of archaeology in completing the historical records of the Atlantic world s Africans. Archaeology of Atlantic Africa and the African Diaspora presents a diverse, richly textured picture of Africans experiences during the era of the Atlantic slave trade and offers the most comprehensive explanation of how African lives became entangled with the creation of the modern world. Through interdisciplinary approaches to material culture, the dynamics of a comparative transatlantic archaeology is developed."
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This is the first book devoted to the archaeology of African life on both sides of the Atlantic; it highlights the importance of archaeology in completing the historical records of the Atlantic world s Africans. Archaeology of Atlantic Africa and the African Diaspora presents a diverse, richly textured picture of Africans experiences during the era of the Atlantic slave trade and offers the most comprehensive explanation of how African lives became entangled with the creation of the modern world. Through interdisciplinary approaches to material culture, the dynamics of a comparative transatlantic archaeology is developed."
Imprint | Indiana University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | March 2010 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | 2010 |
Editors | Akinwumi Ogundiran, Toyin Falola |
Dimensions | 235 x 155 x 27mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - Trade |
Pages | 528 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-253-22175-9 |
Barcode | 9780253221759 |
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LSN | 0-253-22175-7 |