Theory in Africa, Africa in Theory: Locating Meaning in Archaeology
Editat de Stephanie Wynne-Jones, Jeffrey Fleisheren Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 iun 2015
A timely intervention into archaeological thought, Theory in Africa, Africa in Theory deconstructs the conventional ways we approach the past, positioning the continent within a global theoretical discourse and blending Western and African scholarship. This volume will be a valuable resource for those interested in the archaeology of Africa, as well as providing fresh perspectives to those interested in archaeological theory more generally.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781138860612
ISBN-10: 1138860611
Pagini: 308
Ilustrații: 8 black & white halftones, 22 black & white line drawings
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1138860611
Pagini: 308
Ilustrații: 8 black & white halftones, 22 black & white line drawings
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Cuprins
I. Disciplinary engagements with Africa
1 Theory in Africa: Africa in theory
Stephanie Wynne-Jones and Jeffrey Fleisher
2 African models in global histories
Scott MacEachern
3 The Problem of equifinality in archaeology
Felix Chami
4 The place of Africa in theory
Henrietta Moore
II. Theory in Africa
5 Problems with practice: Dynamic interpretation in African archaeology
Stephanie Wynne-Jones
6 Situating the Swahili house
Jeffrey Fleisher
7 Pioneers of archaeological thought and practice in postcolonial Nigeria
Akin Ogundiran
8 Settlements and culture: Cognitive models in African prehistory
Thomas Huffman
9 Material expressions of religious identity in Ghana
Kodzo Gavua
10 What kind of science is archaeology? Iron Age studies in southern Africa
Per Ditlef Fredriksen
III. Africa in Archaeological Theory: Impacts beyond the Continent
11 Iron Age imaginaries and barbarian encounters: European prehistory's African past
Paul Lane
12 The African State in Theory: Thoughts on Political Landscapes and the Limits of Rule in Atlantic Senegal (and elsewhere)
François G. Richard
13 Broadening the phenomenological perspective? Lessons from the African landscape
Timothy Insoll
14 Off the coast, but hopefully not too off-the-cuff: Thoughts on anthropological archaeology and theory in Africa and Africa in theory and in practice
Susan Kus
IV. Commentary
15 Joost Fontein
16 Wendy Ashmore
1 Theory in Africa: Africa in theory
Stephanie Wynne-Jones and Jeffrey Fleisher
2 African models in global histories
Scott MacEachern
3 The Problem of equifinality in archaeology
Felix Chami
4 The place of Africa in theory
Henrietta Moore
II. Theory in Africa
5 Problems with practice: Dynamic interpretation in African archaeology
Stephanie Wynne-Jones
6 Situating the Swahili house
Jeffrey Fleisher
7 Pioneers of archaeological thought and practice in postcolonial Nigeria
Akin Ogundiran
8 Settlements and culture: Cognitive models in African prehistory
Thomas Huffman
9 Material expressions of religious identity in Ghana
Kodzo Gavua
10 What kind of science is archaeology? Iron Age studies in southern Africa
Per Ditlef Fredriksen
III. Africa in Archaeological Theory: Impacts beyond the Continent
11 Iron Age imaginaries and barbarian encounters: European prehistory's African past
Paul Lane
12 The African State in Theory: Thoughts on Political Landscapes and the Limits of Rule in Atlantic Senegal (and elsewhere)
François G. Richard
13 Broadening the phenomenological perspective? Lessons from the African landscape
Timothy Insoll
14 Off the coast, but hopefully not too off-the-cuff: Thoughts on anthropological archaeology and theory in Africa and Africa in theory and in practice
Susan Kus
IV. Commentary
15 Joost Fontein
16 Wendy Ashmore
Recenzii
"The chapters it collates are well written, the volume itself well produced and the paperback edition solidly bound. The book is more reasonably priced than many edited volumes and the electronic edition particularly so... Theory in Africa, Africa in Theory is recommended for its lively, if inevitably partial, engagement with contemporary theory in African archaeology, along with its resonances and effects beyond the continent." — Ann B. Stahl, AZANIA: ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN AFRICA
Descriere
Theory in Africa, Africa in Theory explores the place of Africa in archaeological theory, and the place of theory in African archaeology. The centrality of African models in reconstructions is explored, focusing on materiality and agency in the past. The differences between how African models are used in western theoretical discourse and the use of that theory within Africa are also highlighted, as a means to explore the nature of theory itself. Thus, this dual purposed volume is a timely intervention into archaeological theory, deconstructing the taken-for-granted foundations of the ways we approach the past