African archaeology comes of age

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3919664
AutoresMerrick Posnansky (University of California, Los Angeles, autor correspondente)
Ano1982
Volume13
Fascículo3
Páginas345-358
Data de publicação1982-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoWorld Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00438243.1982.9979838
OpenAlexW1963850086
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas24
Referências citadas41

Though both artifacts and rock art were discovered early in sub‐Saharan Africa, organized archaeological development was slow because of logistical problems and geographical diversity. Following an early emphasis on the Stone Age in which there were differences of approach between francophone and anglophone scholars, the post‐Independence era has witnessed a greater concentration on the Iron Age and historic periods. The advent of isotopic dating has had a great impact particularly on studies of early hominid behaviour and Iron Age research. Ethno‐archaeological research is particularly well developed and very relevant for archaeologists outside of Africa. Much of African archaeology is presently cultural‐historically oriented, unevenly dispersed and highly localized and the number of African archaeologists is small. The open nature of Africa to foreign scholarship can only continue if there is increased awareness of African research interests and an expansion of cooperative ventures

Archaeological record · Archaeology · Diversity (politics · Ethnology · Geography · Historical archaeology · Independence (probability theory · Iron Age · Political science · Scholarship · Sociology · Stone Age · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · History · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology