Archaeology, Societies and Environments in Africa

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African Prehistory is at the core of UISPP concerns, namely due to its crucial role to understand the origins and evolution of humans, but also for the complexity of its cultural diversity, in all major issues that are focused by the Union: cultures, economy and environments; specific environmental contexts like deserts or coastal areas, artistic expressions, prehistoric technologies, related methods and theories, history of research or the interaction between archaeology and current society. This volume presents eight papers that cover some of the major debates in African contexts: the lower Palaeolithic of Western Africa (A. Camara), the interaction between human cultures and environment in the late Holocene (S. Ozainne), the rock art in western central and austral Africa (C. Martins, L. Oosterbeek and G. Heimlich), metallurgy (H. Kienon Kaboret and K.S. Kouassi), pottery (M. Sall) and archaeological knowledge socialization (S. Fonseca and E. Gil). Front Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents List of Figures and Tables INTRODUCTION LES PREMIERES INDUSTRIES ACHEULEENNES AU SENEGAL: CONTEXTE STRATIGRAPHIQUE ET ARCHEOLOGIQUE SAHARAN LEGACIES: A HISTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL CHANGE IN WEST AFRICA DURING THE LATE HOLOCENE THE ROCK ART OF ANGOLA WITHIN ITS CONTEXT ROCK ART FROM EBO – THE SEAL OF IDENTITIES ON THE TERRITORY NOUVEAU REGARD SUR L’ART RUPESTRE DU BAS-CONGO LA SIDERURGIE DIRECTE EN COTE D’IVOIRE: L’ETAT DE LA RECHERCHE THE MUSEUMS AND THEIR ROLE IN THE PROTECTION OF AFRICAN HERITAGE: THE CASE OF BOUBOU HAMA NATIONAL MUSEUM IN NIGER WUYINKO VERSUS KAABUNKE: TERRITORIALITE, DYNAMIQUE IDENTITAIRE ET TECHNIQUE DES MANDING EN SENEGAMBIE