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Egalitarian Revolution in the Savanna : The Origins of a West African Political System.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Approaches to Anthropological Archaeology SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2014Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (359 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317543664
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Egalitarian Revolution in the SavannaDDC classification:
  • 306.209662
LOC classification:
  • GN492.3 .D84 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Decentralization and the Evolution of Egalitarian Behaviors in Sedentary Societies -- 2 Ancient Villages in the Niger Bend: Context and Methods for Exploring the Voltaic Region -- 3 Ethnographic Perspectives on Western Burkina Faso: A Survey -- 4 Kirikongo: An Introduction to the Site, the Setting, and the Research Design -- 5 The West African Environmental Setting: Kirikongo in Ecological Context -- 6 Stratigraphies and Depositional Episodes: The Excavations -- 7 Relative Chronology: Ceramics -- 8 Community Growth at Kirikongo: The Spatial and Temporal Setting -- 9 Early Sedentary Life in the Voltaic Region: Defining a 'Voltaic Tradition' -- 10 Craft Production at Kirikongo: The Origins, Development and Reinterpretation of Specialization -- 11 Herding, Farming, and Ritual Sacrifice: The Economy from Kirikongo -- 12 Death and Ritual Objects at Kirikongo: House-Based Social Differentiation -- 13 Archaeological Patterns and Social Process: Reconstructing Changing Life at Kirikongo -- 14 Land, Spiritual Power, and Gerontocracy: An Exploration of the Roots of Egalitarian Revolution in the Western Voltaic Region -- 15 Hierarchy and Egalitarianism within the Niger Bend: Revolution and the Triumph of Communalism -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Archaeological research at Kirikongo in Burkina Faso has uncovered a sequence critical to understanding the emergence of corporate political systems world-wide. Benefiting from this rich ethnographic and intellectual discourse, this volume addresses current debates from the archaeological record.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Decentralization and the Evolution of Egalitarian Behaviors in Sedentary Societies -- 2 Ancient Villages in the Niger Bend: Context and Methods for Exploring the Voltaic Region -- 3 Ethnographic Perspectives on Western Burkina Faso: A Survey -- 4 Kirikongo: An Introduction to the Site, the Setting, and the Research Design -- 5 The West African Environmental Setting: Kirikongo in Ecological Context -- 6 Stratigraphies and Depositional Episodes: The Excavations -- 7 Relative Chronology: Ceramics -- 8 Community Growth at Kirikongo: The Spatial and Temporal Setting -- 9 Early Sedentary Life in the Voltaic Region: Defining a 'Voltaic Tradition' -- 10 Craft Production at Kirikongo: The Origins, Development and Reinterpretation of Specialization -- 11 Herding, Farming, and Ritual Sacrifice: The Economy from Kirikongo -- 12 Death and Ritual Objects at Kirikongo: House-Based Social Differentiation -- 13 Archaeological Patterns and Social Process: Reconstructing Changing Life at Kirikongo -- 14 Land, Spiritual Power, and Gerontocracy: An Exploration of the Roots of Egalitarian Revolution in the Western Voltaic Region -- 15 Hierarchy and Egalitarianism within the Niger Bend: Revolution and the Triumph of Communalism -- Bibliography -- Index.

Archaeological research at Kirikongo in Burkina Faso has uncovered a sequence critical to understanding the emergence of corporate political systems world-wide. Benefiting from this rich ethnographic and intellectual discourse, this volume addresses current debates from the archaeological record.

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