The Origins and Development of African Livestock: Archaeology, Genetics, Linguistics and Ethnography

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ISBN: 9781841420189 | 1841420182
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 12/1/1999

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Of particular interest to those studying the history of the African continent, this book takes its place as a standard reference in the field of livestock studies.

Preface	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. xi
List of Illustrations	p. xii
List of Tables	p. xvi
List of Contributors	p. xix
Introduction	p. 1
The origins of African livestock: indigenous or imported?	p. 2
A survey of ethnographic and linguistic evidence for the history of livestock in Africa	p. 18
Archaeology	p. 29
Cattle, sheep, and goats south of the Sahara: an archaeozoological perspective	p. 30
Bos africanus (Brehm)? Notes on the archaeozoology of the native cattle of Africa	p. 38
Climate and cattle in North Africa: a first approximation	p. 61
Livestock in Saharan Rock Art	p. 87
African livestock remains from Saharan mortuary contexts	p. 111
The origins and development of domesticated animals in arid West Africa	p. 127
Domestic animals from archaeological sites in Central and west-central Africa	p. 163
The origins and spread of domestic animals in East Africa	p. 191
The origins of the domesticated animals of southern Africa	p. 222
Genetics and Breed Characterization	p. 239
Genetics and the origins of African cattle	p. 240
Two Eves for taurus? Bovine mitochondrial DNA and African cattle domestication	p. 244
Molecular genetic analysis of African zeboid populations	p. 251
Characterization of the Kuri cattle of Lake Chad using molecular genetic techniques	p. 259
Characterizations of African cattle, sheep and goats and their contributions to archaeological understanding	p. 269
The characterization of indigenous goat types of Ethiopia and Eritrea	p. 280
Using morphobiometric indices to map goat resources in Africa	p. 290
Indigenous domesticated dogs of southern Africa: an introduction	p. 302
Linguistics and Ethnography	p. 313
African minor livestock species	p. 314
A history of donkeys, wild asses and mules in Africa	p. 339
A history of pigs in Africa	p. 355
Did chickens go west?	p. 368
Linguistic evidence for the prehistory of livestock in Sudan	p. 449
Ethnographic perspectives on cattle management in semi-arid environments: a case study from Maasailand	p. 462
The history of working animals in Africa	p. 478
Bees and bee-keeping in Africa	p. 503
Index	p. 527
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The Origins and Development of African Livestock: Archaeology, Genetics, Linguistics and Ethnography

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