Egalitarian Revolution in the Savanna
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Corporate Political Strategies
craft specialisation
decentralised power structures in Burkina Faso
Dhar Tichitt
East Profiles
Egalitarian Behaviors
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Exclusionary Power
Garden Hunting
gender roles in prehistory
Grove 1985b
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IND
Iron Furnaces
Ivory Coast
Lateritic Duricrusts
millennium
Millennium BCE
Millennium CE
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Mouhoun Bend
noncentralised societies
political anthropology
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Red II
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ritual and social differentiation
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Seasonal Drainage
Shovel Tests
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Triangular Rims
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Voltaic Region
Voltaic Societies
Voltaic Tradition
West African archaeology
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Young Men
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- ISBN 9781138110632
- Weight: 670g
- Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 22 May 2017
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Many West African societies have egalitarian political systems, with non-centralised distributions of power. 'Egalitarian Revolution in the Savanna' analyses a wide range of archaeological data to explore the development of such societies. The volume offers a detailed case study of the village settlement of Kirikongo in western Burkina Faso. Over the course of the first millennium, this single homestead extended control over a growing community. The book argues that the decentralization of power in the twelfth century BCE radically transformed this society, changing gender roles, public activities, pottery making and iron-working. 'Egalitarian Revolution in the Savanna' will be of interest to students of political science, anthropology, archaeology and the history of West Africa.
Stephen A. Dueppen is ACLS New Faculty Fellow in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Oregon.
