Early State Formation in Central Madagascar: An Archaeological Survey of Western Avaradrano

Wright, Henry T.

doi:doi:10.3998/mpub.11395025

Early State Formation in Central Madagascar: An Archaeological Survey of Western Avaradrano

Edited by Henry T. Wright 2007

Distant Madagascar, the island at the end of the world, has many lessons to teach. The ancestors of the Malagasy people established themselves at least 1500 years ago. Again and again since their arrival, the Malagasy have created new kinds of political communities. This study concerns archaeological survey and excavations in the indigenous state of Imerina in the central highlands.

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Memoirs

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978-1-951519-83-4 (ebook)
978-0-915703-63-0 (paper)

Subject

Archaeology

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Foreword
Teny Mialoha
Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction, by Henry T. Wright and Susan Kus
Chapter 2. Landscape and Archaeology in Western Avaradrano
Chapter 3. Ceramics and Cultural Phases in Central Imerina
Chapter 4. The Ancient Settlements of Avaradrano
Chapter 5. The Development of Settlement Systems in Western Avaradrano
Chapter 6. Comments
Glossary, by Victor Raharijaona
Bibliography
Appendix A. Catalogue of Site Information, by Henry T. Wright and Susan Kus
Appendix B. Determination of Absolute Dates from Archaeological Sites in Central Madagascar, by Henry Wright, Andrianaivoarivony Rafolo, Ian Bailiff, David Burney, Herbert Haas, Victor Raharijaona, Solo Rakotovololona, David Rasamuel, and Robert Dewar
Appendix C. A Contribution to the Paleoethnography of the Central Highlands of Madagascar, by Wilma Wetterstrom and Henry T. Wright
Appendix D. Population and Production in Eighteenth-Century Madagascar: Analyzing Archaeological Evidence of the Subsistence Economy of the Central Highlands, by George Schwartz
Appendix E. Ambohimanga: Creating a Capital and a Polity in Thought, Deed and Dirt, by Susan Kus

Early State Formation in Central Madagascar: An Archaeological Survey of Western Avaradrano

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