Northern Africa is dominated now by the Sahara Desert, stretching across the continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. This book is about the people who lived around the edges of the Desert and the different ways in which they responded to its challenges, establishing networks of communication across its expanse.
| Autor: | Cunliffe, Barry |
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| ISBN: | 9780192858887 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Oxford Academic |
| Veröffentlicht: | 22.06.2023 |
| Untertitel: | The Sahara and the Peoples of Northern Africa |
| Schlagworte: | African History African history: pre-colonial period Ancient History Ancient history: to c 500 CE Climate Change Environmental archaeology HISTORY / Africa / North HISTORY / Ancient / General HISTORY / Social History Landscape Archaeology North Africa SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography Social & cultural history Social and cultural anthropology Social and cultural history The Sahara |
Barry Cunliffe taught archaeology in the Universities of Bristol and Southampton and was Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford from 1972 to 2008, thereafter becoming Emeritus Professor. He has excavated widely in Britain (Fishbourne, Bath, Danebury, Hengistbury Head, Brading) and in the Channel Islands, Brittany, and Spain, and has been President of the Council for British Archaeology and of the Society of Antiquaries, a Governor of the Museum of London, and a Trustee of the British Museum. He was a Commissioner of English Heritage from 2005 to 2013. His many publications include The Ancient Celts (1997, second edition 2018), Facing the Ocean (2001), The Druids: A Very Short Introduction (2010), Britain Begins (2012), By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean (2015), and The Scythians (2019) all published by Oxford University Press. He received a knighthood in 2006.