Material Explorations in African Archaeology

by Timothy Insoll

How people engaged with materials such as clay or stone, why people dug features such as pits, why they decorated their bodies, or treated their dead in certain ways, were all meaningful in the African past. However, these are subjects that have been generally neglected by archaeologists working in Africa until recently. Material Explorations in African Archaeology examines materiality in African archaeology by exploring concepts of material agency...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199550069
• ISBN13: 9780199550067
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.7"