Ancient Middle Niger by Roderick J Mcintosh
The cities of West Africa's Middle Niger, only recently brought to the world's attention, make us rethink the 'whys' and the 'wheres' of ancient urbanism. The cities of the Middle Niger present the archaeologist with something of a novelty; a non-nucleated, clustered city-plan with no centralized, state-focused power. Ancient Middle Niger explores the emergence of these cities in the first millennium B.C. and the evolution of their hinterlands from the perspective of the self-organized landscape. Cities appeared in a series of profound transforms to the human-land relations and this book illustrates how each transform was a leap in complexity. The book ends with an examination of certain critical moments in the emergence of other urban landscapes in Mesopotamia, along the Nile, and in northern China, through a Middle Niger lens. Highly-illustrated throughout, this work is a key text for all students of African archaeology and of comparative pre-industrial urbanism.-
Ancient Mesopotamia
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Early Medieval Britain
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The Ancient Indus
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Ancient Maya
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Ancient Jomon of Japan
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Ancient Inca
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The Colonial Caribbean
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Ancient Greece
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Ancient Oaxaca
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Ancient Tiwanaku
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Ancient Teotihuacan
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Ancient Central China
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Ancient Southeast Mesoamerica
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Ancient Puebloan Southwest
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The Ancient Egyptian State
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Ancient Cahokia and the Mississippians
"..an impressive, path-breaking explanation of the origin of urban settlements on the Middle Niger River, climaxed by a fascinating final chapter in which the author offers a comparative overview of the archaeology of urban landscapes in Mesopotamia, the Nile valley, and northern China." -David C. Conrad, Emeritus, SUNY Oswego, American Historical Review
Roderick J. McIntosh is Professor of Anthropology at Rice University and visiting Professor of Archaeology at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. His recent publications include The Peoples of Middle Niger: Island of Gold (1998), The Way the Wind Blows: Climate, History, and Human Action (2000) and Geomorphology and Human Palaeoecology of the Méma, Mali (2005).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521813006 |
| ISBN 10 | 052181300X |
| Title | Ancient Middle Niger |
| Author | Roderick J Mcintosh |
| Series | Case Studies In Early Societies |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2005-09-29 |
| Number of pages | 278 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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