TY - BOOK AU - Connah,Graham TI - African Civilizations: An archaeological perspective SN - 9781107011878 (hardback : alk. paper) AV - DT352.3 CON 2016 U1 - 967/.01 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Cambridge PB - Graham Connah KW - Prehistoric peoples KW - Africa, Sub-Saharan KW - Excavations (Archaeology) KW - Antiquities KW - Civilization N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-398) and index; The context -- Origins: social change on the lower Nile -- The Mediterranean frontier: North Africa -- Sudanic genesis : Nubia -- Isolation : the Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands -- Opportunity and constraint in the West African savanna -- Achieving power : the West African forest and its fringes -- Indian Ocean networks : the East African coast and islands -- Cattle, ivory and gold : social complexity in Zambezia -- Central Africa : the Upemba Depression, Interlacustrine region, and Far West -- Settlement growth and emerging polities : South Africa -- What are the common denominators? ER -