The Prehistory of Uganda Protectorate - Brossura

O'brien, T. P.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1107419158 ISBN 13: 9781107419155

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Riassunto

Central Africa holds a special position in archaeological circles for the information it can supply on prehistory and the development of early humanity. Originally published in 1939, this book presents the results of an eighteen-month study by O'Brien into the prehistory of Uganda. The text is illustrated with line drawings and photographs of stone hand axes from the various cultures who inhabited the region. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in prehistory and Stone Age cultures.

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Originally published in 1939, this book presents the results of an eighteen-month study by T. P. O'Brien into the prehistory of Uganda. The text is illustrated with line drawings and photographs of stone hand axes from the various cultures who inhabited the region.

Contenuti:

List of illustrations; Preface; 1. The country; 2. Research in Uganda prior to 1935; 3. The Pleistocene succession in Uganda; 4. Terminology and cultural interrelations; 5. Outline of the Uganda culture sequence; 6. The Kafuan pebble culture; 7. The Uganda Oldowan; 8. The Chellean; 9. The Acheulean; 10. The Levalloisian and Still Bay; 11. The Uganda Tumbian; 12. Uganda Mesolithic; 13. Uganda Neolithic industries; 14. Correlations; Appendix A. The M-horizon and its correlation with Acheulean deposits in Kenya and at Oldoway, Tanganyika; Appendix B. The mammalian fossils; Table I. Pleistocene geology and prehistory in Uganda according to E. J. Wayland; Table II. Pleistocene geology and prehistory in Uganda according to African Prehistoric Research Association; Map of Uganda; Index.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1107419158
• ISBN 13: 9781107419155
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 334