Historical Archaeology in Africa: Representation, Social Memory, and Oral Traditions
Historical Archaeology in Africa is an inquiry into historical questions that count, proposing different ways of thinking about historical archaeology. Peter Schmidt challenges readers to expand their horizons . Confronting topics of oral traditions, the role of cultural landscapes in social memory, and historical misrepresentations of various cultures, Schmidt calls for a new pathway to an enriched, more nuanced, and more inclusive historical archaeology. Allowing Africa to speak for itself without colonial interpreters, Historical Archaeology in Africa will be of interest not only to historians and archaeologists, but to all concerned with Africa's past and present.
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Historical Archaeology in Africa: Representation, Social Memory, and Oral Traditions
Historical Archaeology in Africa is an inquiry into historical questions that count, proposing different ways of thinking about historical archaeology. Peter Schmidt challenges readers to expand their horizons . Confronting topics of oral traditions, the role of cultural landscapes in social memory, and historical misrepresentations of various cultures, Schmidt calls for a new pathway to an enriched, more nuanced, and more inclusive historical archaeology. Allowing Africa to speak for itself without colonial interpreters, Historical Archaeology in Africa will be of interest not only to historians and archaeologists, but to all concerned with Africa's past and present.
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Historical Archaeology in Africa: Representation, Social Memory, and Oral Traditions
Historical Archaeology in Africa is an inquiry into historical questions that count, proposing different ways of thinking about historical archaeology. Peter Schmidt challenges readers to expand their horizons . Confronting topics of oral traditions, the role of cultural landscapes in social memory, and historical misrepresentations of various cultures, Schmidt calls for a new pathway to an enriched, more nuanced, and more inclusive historical archaeology. Allowing Africa to speak for itself without colonial interpreters, Historical Archaeology in Africa will be of interest not only to historians and archaeologists, but to all concerned with Africa's past and present.
Peter R. Schmidt is professor of anthropology at the University of Florida.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Chapter I: Issues of Representation, Social Memory, and Oral Traditions Chapter 3 Chapter 1: Questions that Count: Africa and Beyond Chapter 4 Chapter 2: Oral Traditions and Archaeology: First Perspectives Chapter 5 Chapter 3: Critical Hisotrical Archaeologies and Historical Representations Chapter 6 Chapter 4: Social Memory, Mnemonics, and Historical Archaeology Chapter 7 Chapter 5: Tropes, Space, and Historical Archaeology Chapter 8 Chapter 6: Moving Historical Archaeology to Symbolic Space Chapter 9 Chapter II: Historical Archaeology and Representation Chapter 10 Chapter 7: Historical Archaeology and Representations of Iron Technology in Africa Chapter 11 Chapter 8: The Politics of History Making and Historical Representation of Indigenous Production Chapter 12 Chapter 9: Historical Representations of the Cwezi 'Dynasty': How Oral Traditions and Historical Archaeology Came to Support an Historical 'House of Cards' Chapter 13 Chapter 10: The Cwezi Myth of Statehood: Its Resurrection and Demise Chapter 14 Chapter 11: Foreigners of Endogenous Development in the Horn of Africa? New Representations from Historical Archaeology Chapter 15 References