The Archaeology of Southern Africa

Southern Africa has one of the longest histories of occupation by modern humans and their ancestors anywhere in the world: over three million years. Research in Southern Africa is central to many key debates in contemporary archaeology, including hominid origins, the origins of anatomically modern humans and modern forms of behavior, and the development of ethnographically informed perspectives for understanding its rich heritage of rock art. This is the first attempt at a synthesis of the sub-continent's past in over forty years.

Author: Peter Mitchell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 12/23/2002
Pages: 532
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.29lbs
Size: 9.62h x 7.00w x 1.25d
ISBN: 9780521633895

About the Author
Mitchell, Peter: - Peter Mitchell is Lecturer in African Prehistory at the University of Oxford, and Tutor and a Fellow of St Hugh's College, Oxford.