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The Emergence of Social and Political Complexity in the Shashi-Limpopo Valley of Southern Africa, AD 900 to 1300: Ethnicity, class and polity
John Anthony Calabrese
This work explains the rise of social and political complexity in the area of the confluence of the Shashi and Limpopo Rivers in southern Africa between around AD 900 and 1300. In doing this, the author refinines the archaeological sequence of the area, in particular ceramic data, and applies and tests theoretical constructs relating to the relationships between ethnicity, class, social and political complexity and material culture. The theoretical emphasis of the study is on modelling ethnicity, class and social and political complexity at a more qualitative scale than previous work in the area, and therefore represents a step forward in southern African archaeology.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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ABSTRACT
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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LIST OF FIGURES
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LIST OF PLATES
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LIST OF TABLES
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Chapter I INTRODUCTION
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Chapter II ARCHAEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND
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Chapter III ETHNICITY, CLASS, AND SOCIOPOLITICAL COMPLEXITY IN A SOUTHERN AFRICAN CONTEXT
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Chapter IV METHODOLOGY
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Chapter V SCHRODA REVISITED
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Chapter VI EXCAVATIONS AT BAOBAB
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Chapter VII EXCAVATIONS AT CASTLE ROCK
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Chapter VIII EXCAVATIONS AT LEOKWE HILL
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Chapter IX THE GREEFSWALD SITES REVISITED
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Chapter X EXCAVATIONS AT EDMONDSBURG
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Chapter XI STYLE, TIME, AND CHANGE: THE SHASHI-LIMPOPO CERAMIC CHRONOLOGY, AD 900 TO 1300
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Chapter XII ETHNICITY, CLASS, AND POLITY: LEOKWE AND LEOPARD’S KOPJE IN THE SHASHI-LIMPOPO REGION, AD 1000 TO AD 1300
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Chapter XIII CONCLUSIONS
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Appendices
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Appendix A Ceramic Drawings
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Appendix B Schroda Ceramic Types
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Appendix C Baobab Ceramic Types
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Appendix D Castle Rock Ceramic Types
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Appendix E Leokwe Hill Western Summit Ceramic Types
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Appendix F Leokwe Hill Northern Terrace Ceramic Types by Excavation Area
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Appendix G Mapungubwe Hill Spoil Heaps Ceramic Types
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Appendix H Edmondsburg Ceramic Types
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CAMBRIDGE MONOGRAPHS IN AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGY
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Published: 2007
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407330846 (ebook)
- 9781407300290 (paperback)
BAR Number: S1617