Ethnoarchaeology of Shuwa-Arab Settlements

by Holl, Augustin F. C.

• ISBN13: 9780739104071
• ISBN10: 0739104071
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-03-25
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

Ethnoarchaeology of Shuwa-Arab Settlements demonstrates the imperative need for ethnoarchaeology to include a deep sense of the history of the specific social group under analysis for its findings to truly impact archaeological thinking.

Author Biography

Augustin F. C. Holl is professor of anthropology and Afroamerican & African Studies at the University of Michigan and a Curator at the University of Michigan's Museum of Anthropology.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	ix
List of Tables	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction: An Idea of Ethnoarchaeology	1	(396)
Part I: People, Land, and the Study Area
1: A Brief History of Shuwa-Arab Expansion	7	(22)
2: The Study Area: Land, People, and Settlements	29	(24)
Part II: Semipermanent Villages
3: The Southern Settlement Group	53	(24)
4: The Western Settlement Group	77	(68)
5: Two Northern Settlements	145	(24)
Part III: Dry-season Camps
6: The Amachita Camps Cluster	169	(32)
7: The Agedipse Camps Cluster	201	(28)
Part IV: Permanent villages	229	(74)
8: Abuzrega
9: Djidat I	245	(16)
10: Djidat II	261	(26)
11: Marafaine	287	(16)
Part V: Patterns and Trends
12: Location Tactics, Space Allocation, and Site Structures	303	(20)
13: Patterns in the Material Record	323	(48)
14: Patterns of Subsistence	371	(18)
Conclusion: Toward a Shuwa-Arab Polity?	389	(8)
References	397	(6)
Index	403	(20)
About the Author	423