African Islands: A Comparative Archaeology

by Peter Mitchell and Peter Mitchell

Book Overview

African Islands provides the first geographically and chronologically comprehensive overview of the archaeology of African islands.

This book draws archaeologically informed histories of African islands into a single synthesis, focused on multiple issues of common interest, among them human impacts on previously uninhabited ecologies, the role of islands in the growth of long-distance maritime trade networks, and the functioning of plantation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032156929
• ISBN13: 9781032156927
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 318 Pages