Archaeology, language, and the African past /

Archaeology, language, and the African past /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Blench, R.
Imprint:	Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press, c2006.
Description:	xxv, 361 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	The African archaeology series ; 10
Subject:	African languages -- History. Historical linguistics -- Africa. Archaeology -- Africa. African languages. Antiquities. Archaeology. Historical linguistics. Africa -- Antiquities. Africa. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6014613

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ISBN:	0759104654 (cloth : alk. paper) 0759104662 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-339) and index.

Table of Contents:

Pt. I. Developing general models of the African past
1. Contested methodologies
Pt. II. African language phyla
2. Nilo-Saharan
3. Niger-Congo
4. Afroasiatic
5. Khoesan
6. Other language groups
7. Synthesis
Pt. III. Reconstructing economic prehistory
8. Plants
9. Animals
10. Reconstructing the African past.