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London ; Oakville, Connecticut : Equinox Publishing Limited, 2012

1 online resource (361 pages) : illustrations, maps

ISBN 9781844658848 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9781908049209 (hb)

aApproaches to anthropological archaeology

Print version: Dueppen, Stephen A. Egalitarian revolution in the Savanna : the origins of a West African political system. London : Equinox Pub. Ltd., 2012 xiv, 344 pages ; 26 cm. Approaches to anthropological archaeology ISBN 9781908049209

Includes bibliographical references and index

Decentralization and the evolution of egalitarian behaviors in sedentary societies -- Ancient villages in the Niger bend: context and methods for exploring the Voltaic region -- Ethnographic perspectives on western Burkina Faso: a survey -- Kirikongo: an introduction to the site, the setting, and the research design -- The West Africa environmental setting: Kirikongo in ecological context -- Stratigraphies and depositional episodes: the excavations -- Relative chronology: ceramics -- Community growth at Kirikongo: the spatial and temporal setting -- Early sedentary life in the Voltaic region: defining a "Voltaic tradition" -- Craft production at Kirikongo: the origins, development and reinterpretation of specialization -- Herding, farming, and ritual sacrifice: the economy from Kirikongo.

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(OCoLC)890531336