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1、FORGOTTENAFRICAForgottenAfricaintroducesthegeneralreaderandbeginningstudenttoAfrica’spast,emphasizingthoseaspectsonlyknownorbestknownfromarchaeologicalandrelatedevidence.Itcoversfourmillionyearsofhistoryacrossthecontinent,examiningimportantaspectsofAfrica’
2、smomentoushumanstory.Theauthorisconcernedtoraisepublicawareness,bothinsideandoutsideAfrica,tothisfrequentlyoverlookedandoftenforgottensubject.The29briefchapterslookathumanorigins,thematerialcultureofhunter-gatherers,thebeginningsofAfricanfarming,thedevelop
3、mentofmetallurgy,theemergenceofdistinctiveartistictraditions,thegrowthofcitiesandstates,theexpansionoftradingnetworksandtheimpactofEuro-peanandotherexternalcontacts.Theresultisafascinatingandimportantstorytoldinastraightforwardandreadablemanner.GrahamConna
4、hiscurrentlyaVisitingFellowattheAustralianNationalUniversity,Canberra.HeistheauthorofThreeThousandYearsinAfrica,AfricanCivilisationsandeditorofTransformationsinAfrica.GrahamConnahwasawardedtheOrderofAustraliain2000.FORGOTTENAFRICAAnintroductiontoitsarchaeo
5、logyGrahamConnahFirstpublished2004byRoutledge2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,OxfordshireOX144RNSimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge29West35thStreet,NewYork,NY10001RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroupThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Fr
6、ancise-Library,2004.©2004GrahamConnahAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilizedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,nowknownorhereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orinanyinformationstorageorretrieval
7、system,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublishers.BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataAcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibraryLibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationDataConnah,Graham.ForgottenAfrica:anintroductiontoitsarchaeology
8、/GrahamConnah.p.cm.Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.1.Africa–Antiquities.2.Excavations(Archaeology)–Africa.I.Title.DT13.C662004960'.1–dc222004002073ISBN0-203-51180-8Mastere-bookISBNISBN0-415-30590-X(
