Neil L Norman
Biographic Data
| ID | 143040 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Neil L Norman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Neil L |
| FAMILY NAME | Norman |
| SIGNATURE | NORMAN N L |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 89 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Surplus Houses: Palace Politics in the Bight of Benin West Africa, AD 1650–1727
Liquid gods within cellular landscapes: Micro-monuments, ethnic pluralism and the political landscape of Hueda, Bénin, 1650–1727
The polity of Hueda is well known for its rapid appearance on the world stage in the mid-seventeenth century and its spectacular collapse in 1727. Given its central role as a point of trade for captives bound for the Americas, the historiography of the Atlantic world records various glosses of 'Hueda' as ethnonyms for both the Gbe-speaking captives embarking from the coast, as well as those living within the political bounds of the polity. This p…
Collective and interpretive openings: Perforated Gbe ritual ceramics at local, regional and Diasporic spheres of interpretation
Archaeologists use hand-built, low-fired, earthenware ceramics to build analogies connecting Africa to diasporic locales. Yet, the degree of specificity with which the individualising technologies, formal characteristics and decoration of excavated diasporic ceramics relate to particular African cultural groups, regions or sites is a matter of debate. This paper uses one class of perforated ceramics recovered from sites in coastal Bénin, West Afr…
Feasts in Motion: Archaeological Views of Parades, Ancestral Pageants, and Socio-Political Process in the Hueda Kingdom, 1650–1727 AD
The Silence of Great Zimbabwe: Contested Landscapes and the Power of Heritage
Almost all metrics, used to measure strife and human suffering, indicate times are very difficult in Zimbabwe.In the past year, reporters from the The New York Times and The Guardian have documented "super-hyper-inflation" with percentages in the millions, outbreaks of Cholera, and political unrest associated with widespread accusations of voting irregularities in favor of long-time president and elder of the dominant Zimbabwe African National Un…
Powerful Pots, Humbling Holes, and Regional Ritual Processes: Towards an Archaeology of Huedan Vodun, ca. 1650–1727
An archaeology of West African atlanticization: Regional analysis of the Huedan Palace districts and countryside (Bénin), 1650–1727
(2009). An archaeology of West African atlanticization: regional analysis of the Huedan Palace districts and countryside (Bénin), 1650–1727. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa: Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 277-277
African sacred groves: Ecological Dynamics and Social Change
African sacred groves: ecological dynamics and social change, edited by Michael J. Sheridan and Celia Nyamweru, Oxford, James Currey Press; Athens, Ohio University Press; Pretoria, UNISA Press, 200
Landscape, Memory and History: Anthropological Perspectives
African Historical Archaeologies
Landscape Politics: The Serpent Ditch and the Rainbow in West Africa
Anthropologists and archaeologists have long been interested in the intersection of social, political, and religious institutions and landscape features. Recent efforts have been aimed at elucidating the tensions between the perception and description of such features among Western and non-Western groups. This article seeks to contribute to this project through an analysis of a series of massive ditches (c. 17th-19th centuries A.D.) in southern B…
Landscape Politics: The Serpent Ditch and the Rainbow in West Africa
Anthropologists and archaeologists have long been interested in the intersection of social, political, and religious institutions and landscape features. Recent efforts have been aimed at elucidating the tensions between the perception and description of such features among Western and non-Western groups. This article seeks to contribute to this project through an analysis of a series of massive ditches (c. 17th-19th centuries A.D.) in southern B…
Feasts in Motion: Archaeological Views of Parades, Ancestral Pageants, and Socio-Political Process in the Hueda Kingdom, 1650–1727 AD
Powerful Pots, Humbling Holes, and Regional Ritual Processes: Towards an Archaeology of Huedan Vodun, ca. 1650–1727
African Historical Archaeologies
Collective and interpretive openings: Perforated Gbe ritual ceramics at local, regional and Diasporic spheres of interpretation
Archaeologists use hand-built, low-fired, earthenware ceramics to build analogies connecting Africa to diasporic locales. Yet, the degree of specificity with which the individualising technologies, formal characteristics and decoration of excavated diasporic ceramics relate to particular African cultural groups, regions or sites is a matter of debate. This paper uses one class of perforated ceramics recovered from sites in coastal Bénin, West Afr…
An archaeology of West African atlanticization: Regional analysis of the Huedan Palace districts and countryside (Bénin), 1650–1727
(2009). An archaeology of West African atlanticization: regional analysis of the Huedan Palace districts and countryside (Bénin), 1650–1727. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa: Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 277-277
Landscape Politics: The Serpent Ditch and the Rainbow in West Africa
Anthropologists and archaeologists have long been interested in the intersection of social, political, and religious institutions and landscape features. Recent efforts have been aimed at elucidating the tensions between the perception and description of such features among Western and non-Western groups. This article seeks to contribute to this project through an analysis of a series of massive ditches (c. 17th-19th centuries A.D.) in southern B…
Landscape, Memory and History: Anthropological Perspectives
African Historical Archaeologies
The Silence of Great Zimbabwe: Contested Landscapes and the Power of Heritage
Almost all metrics, used to measure strife and human suffering, indicate times are very difficult in Zimbabwe.In the past year, reporters from the The New York Times and The Guardian have documented "super-hyper-inflation" with percentages in the millions, outbreaks of Cholera, and political unrest associated with widespread accusations of voting irregularities in favor of long-time president and elder of the dominant Zimbabwe African National Un…
Powerful Pots, Humbling Holes, and Regional Ritual Processes: Towards an Archaeology of Huedan Vodun, ca. 1650–1727
An archaeology of West African atlanticization: Regional analysis of the Huedan Palace districts and countryside (Bénin), 1650–1727
(2009). An archaeology of West African atlanticization: regional analysis of the Huedan Palace districts and countryside (Bénin), 1650–1727. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa: Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 277-277
African sacred groves: Ecological Dynamics and Social Change
African sacred groves: ecological dynamics and social change, edited by Michael J. Sheridan and Celia Nyamweru, Oxford, James Currey Press; Athens, Ohio University Press; Pretoria, UNISA Press, 200
Feasts in Motion: Archaeological Views of Parades, Ancestral Pageants, and Socio-Political Process in the Hueda Kingdom, 1650–1727 AD
Collective and interpretive openings: Perforated Gbe ritual ceramics at local, regional and Diasporic spheres of interpretation
Archaeologists use hand-built, low-fired, earthenware ceramics to build analogies connecting Africa to diasporic locales. Yet, the degree of specificity with which the individualising technologies, formal characteristics and decoration of excavated diasporic ceramics relate to particular African cultural groups, regions or sites is a matter of debate. This paper uses one class of perforated ceramics recovered from sites in coastal Bénin, West Afr…
Liquid gods within cellular landscapes: Micro-monuments, ethnic pluralism and the political landscape of Hueda, Bénin, 1650–1727
The polity of Hueda is well known for its rapid appearance on the world stage in the mid-seventeenth century and its spectacular collapse in 1727. Given its central role as a point of trade for captives bound for the Americas, the historiography of the Atlantic world records various glosses of 'Hueda' as ethnonyms for both the Gbe-speaking captives embarking from the coast, as well as those living within the political bounds of the polity. This p…
Surplus Houses: Palace Politics in the Bight of Benin West Africa, AD 1650–1727
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