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Life and death of a rural village in Garamantian Times. Archaeological investigations in the oasis of Fewet (Libyan Sahara)
This volume presents the results of the archaeological investigations in the oasis of Fewet (SW Libyan Sahara), carried out by the Archaeological Mission in the Sahara of the Sapienza University of Rome. Evidences of an ancient rural village were identified under the houses of the modern town of Tan Afella and a large necropolis, dated to the Garamantian times, spread at the fringes of the modern settlement. Until 1997 very little was known on the Garamantian period in the Wadi Tanezzuft area and on the transition from the pastoral to the early-historical phase. This period witnessed the gradual sedentarisation of human groups in the oases, and the development of caravan routes with the flou...
The Golden Rhinoceros
A leading historian reconstructs the forgotten history of medieval Africa From the birth of Islam in the seventh century to the voyages of European exploration in the fifteenth, Africa was at the center of a vibrant exchange of goods and ideas. It was an African golden age in which places like Ghana, Nubia, and Zimbabwe became the crossroads of civilizations, and where African royals, thinkers, and artists played celebrated roles in the globalized world of the Middle Ages. The Golden Rhinoceros brings this unsung era marvelously to life, taking readers from the Sahara and the Nile River Valley to the Ethiopian highlands and southern Africa. Drawing on fragmented written sources as well as hi...
Similar but Different
The book “Similar but Different. Bell Beakers in Europe” deals with a cultural phenomenon, known as the Bell Beaker culture, that during the 3rd millennium B.C. was present throughout Western and Central Europe. This development played an important role in the formation of the Bronze Age at the turn of the 3rd and the 2nd millennium BC. This book consists of 10 chapters – in each a specific issue is discussed connected with Bell Beakers. The chapters are divided into three parts concerning consecutively: general problems, issues of the so-called common ware and the character of the Bell Beakers in particular places in Europe. The reader can become acquainted with interpretations of the...
Aghram Nadharif. The Barkat Oasis (Sha'abiya of Ghat, Libyan Sahara) in Garamantian Times. The Archaeology of Libyan Sahara Volume II
Il volume, secondo della serie dedicata alle ricerche ambientali, archeologiche e storiche nel Wadi Tanezzuft, l’imponente valle fluviale a occidente delle montagne del Tadrart Akakus, presenta la pubblicazione finale delle indagini condotte nel villaggio fortificato di Aghram Nadharif nell’oasi di Barkat. L’insediamento ebbe vita fiorente dal 50 ca. a.C. al 250 ca. d.C. e offre per la prima volta un quadro completo di un abitato dell’età garamantica nell’età classica. Oltre alla pubblicazione dello scavo e dei reperti archeologici, botanici e faunistici rinvenuti, il volume contiene una serie di interventi sulla storia del sito, l’economia, la demografia e il ruolo svolto dalla cittadella nella vita dell”intera regione.
Crossroads / Carrefour Sahel
This volume contains the proceedings of the international conference “Cultural developments and technological innovations in first millennium BC/AD West Africa” held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, in March 2008, with participants from eleven countries and three continents. The rationale behind the meeting was the conviction that the first millennium before and after the beginning of the Common Era, like no other period before, encompasses the origins of developments that are directly related to the modern world – particularly in Africa. Current archaeological research in West Africa has been providing an increasing amount of relevant evidence on this period, including a series of significant developments that had critical impacts on human ways of life in subsequent times. The papers of the present volume deal with different aspects of these developments and contribute towards the understanding of the unique cultural diversity of this part of the African continent.
African Pottery Roulettes Past and Present
African Pottery Roulettes Past and Present considers ethnographic, museological and archaeological approaches to pottery-decorating tools called roulettes, that is to say, short lengths of fibre or wood that are rolled over the surface of a vessel for decoration. This book sets out, for the first time, a solid typology for the classification of African pottery decorated with such tools, and forges a consensus on common methodology and standards. It gives an overview of history of research into roulette decoration in Africa and elsewhere Jomon Japan, Neolithic Europe, Siberia, and New York among others; outlines the contemporary distribution of roulette usage in sub-Saharan African today, a '...
Les styles céramiques de Kobadi
English summary: The site of Kobadi is situated chronologically at the Sahara-Sahel transition at the end of the Neolithic period (2500-1500 BC). The research presented here focuses on the Neolithic ceramic traditions of Kobadi and the Mema. It demonstrates the existence of numerous contemporary groups within the interior delta of the Niger and their contacts with the Sahara. French description: Le site de Kobadi (Mali) se place chronologiquement a la transition Sahara-Sahel a la fin du Neolithique (2500 - 1500 BC). Son etude apporte un nouvel eclairage sur les mecanismes du peuplement de la boucle du Niger au Mali. La recherche doctorale presentee ici porte sur les traditions ceramiques neolithiques de Kobadi et du Mema. La definition des styles ceramiques grace a une methodologie innovante, combinant approche technologique et grammaire des decors, contribue a la connaissance des processus de peuplement du Sahel. Elle permet en effet de montrer l'existence de plusieurs groupes contemporains dans le Delta interieur du Niger et leurs contacts avec le Sahara et la partie orientale de la boucle du fleuve.
Zlatý nosorožec
Spojení pojmu středověk se subsaharskou Afrikou zní pro českého čtenáře nezvykle, neboť v češtině zatím mnoho publikací umožňujících seznámit se s bohatstvím tamějších kultur a civilizací v 8.–15. století nemáme. Toto dlouhé období zůstává obecně pro celkový nedostatek pramenů neznámým, mohli bychom říci temným. Přesto se i zde nabízí řada záchytných bodů, ať už z dochovaných vyprávění některých osobností, nebo nalezených předmětů. Historik a archeolog François-Xavier Fauvelle-Aymar ve své knize vycházející z jeho celoživotních výzkumů představuje Afriku „zlatých věků“ pomocí příběhů a průvodců, jejichž očima Afriku poznáváme. Jsou mezi nimi obchodníci, dobrodruzi, geografové či diplomaté z dávné minulosti, ale i současní archeologové. A tak díky nim objevujeme sídla bohatých panovníků, hustě obydlená města, kde se setkávali obchodníci z islámského i neislámského světa, a trhy, kde směňovali ambru, otroky a zlato za luxusní nádobí, kovové ingoty, sůl nebo mušličky, které dováželi při svém obchodování se vzdálenou Asií.
Le Capsien de Hergla (Tunisie)
Les résultats du programme de fouilles archéologiques du site de Hergla en Tunisie (1969-1971 ; 2002-2007). L'environnement lagunaire des chasseurs-cueilleurs épipaléolithiques, l'organisation de leur habitat et de leurs sépultures sont notamment analysés, ainsi que l'évolution des populations capsiennes locales à l'aube de la néolithisation de la région.
The Greek Exodus from Egypt
From the nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth, Greeks comprised one of the largest and most influential minority groups in Egyptian society, yet barely two thousand remain there today. This painstakingly researched book explains how Egypt’s once-robust Greek population dwindled to virtually nothing, beginning with the abolition of foreigners’ privileges in 1937 and culminating in the nationalist revolution of 1952. It reconstructs the delicate sociopolitical circumstances that Greeks had to navigate during this period, providing a multifaceted account of demographic decline that arose from both large structural factors as well as the decisions of countless individuals.
