Scholarly work that attempts to match linguistic and archaeological evidence in precolonial Africa
Roger Blench is a social anthropologist working in agricultural development and the managing director of Mallam Dendo Ltd., a consultancy company based in Cambridge, UK
List of Illustrations
ix
Foreword
xv
Joseph O. Vogel
Preface
xix
Abbreviations
xxv
PART I Developing General Models of the African Past
1
(88)
Contested Methodologies
33
(56)
PART II African Language Phyla
89
(98)
Nilo-Saharan
95
(14)
Niger-Congo
109
(30)
Afroasiatic
139
(24)
Khoesan
163
(6)
Other Language Groups
169
(10)
Synthesis
179
(8)
PART III Reconstructing Economic Prehistory
187
(100)
Plants
191
(52)
Animals
243
(40)
Reconstructing the African Past
283
(4)
References
287
(54)
Index
341
(20)
About the Author
361
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