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David W. Phillipson.
African Archaeology.
Publisher: Cambridge U.P., 1985.
Series: Cambridge World Archaeology.
ISBN 052127236X.
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Size: 173×245×16mm.
Page count: xi,234pp inc. 119 monochrome illustrations.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: this copy has the usual scuffs and marks on its covers, nothing too severe, a little wear on the edges and corners; the spine is not creased from reading; pages starting to yellow slightly with age, otherwise looks in good order internally, text appears to be free of marking.

This item £6.00
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(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Publisher’s price for 3rd edn. £24.99]
Weight without packaging: 583g.

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Surveys a wide chronological range from prehistory to the twentieth century.

Contents: Intro.; Emergence of man in Africa; Consolidation of basic human skills; Regional diversification; Beginnings of permanent settlement; Early farmers; Iron-using peoples before AD 1000; Second millennium AD in sub-Saharan Africa.

Illustrations: 102, monochrome
Maps & plans: 17

Notes: no
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 16pp
Index: yes

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