Handbook to the Iron Age : the archaeology of pre-colonial farming societies in Southern Africa

摘要: This detailed "Handbook to the Iron Age" covers last 2000 years in Southern Africa. The first part outlines essential topics such as settlement organisation, stonewalled patterns, ritual residues, long-distance trade and ancient mining. Part Two presents a comprehensive culture-history sequence through ceramic analyses, showing distributions, stylistic types characteristic pieces. Three reviews updates main debates about black prehistory, including migration versus diffusion, role of cattle, origins Mapungubwe, rise fall Great Zimbabwe archaeology Venda, Sotho-Tswana Nguni speakers."Handbook is an abundantly illustrated study that accessible wide range people interested African prehistory.