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Holocene Foragers, Fishers and Herders of Western Kenya
Karega Mũnene
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The problem of subsistence has received little attention in East African archaeology. Various models of human subsistence strategies have been constructed and a linear chronology from a hunting-gathering economy to pastoralism and agriculture has been the dominant conceptual framework for the research in the last few decades. In this monograph it is argued that this overarch model masks the subtle and perhaps overlapping true nature of a mosaic of adaptation to the local resource base. A broad approach, involving examination of the transition from food collecting to food production as a process rather than as a single event is adopted. The approach also involves the examination of several causes of culture change in the region. It is anticipated that this approach will enable us to better understand the subsistence strategies of the human groups who occupied the Gogo Falls site in the Lake Victoria basin during the Neolithic and Iron Age periods.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Preface
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Dedication
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Table of Contents
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List of Figures
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List of Tables
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CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
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CHAPTER TWO: PREVIOUS RESEARCH ON THE NEOLITHIC AND IRON AGE
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CHAPTER THREE: HOLOCENE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATIC SETTING
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CHAPTER FOUR: GEOGRAPHICAL SETTING AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT
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CHAPTER FIVE: ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS
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CHAPTER SIX: THE FINDS AND APPROACHES TO ANALYSIS
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CHAPTER SEVEN: PATTERNING OF THE FAUNAL ASSEMBLAGE
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CHAPTER EIGHT: SUBSISTENCE STRATEGIES
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CHAPTER NINE: SUBSISTENCE STRATEGIES AND TECHNOLOGY
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APPENDIX I: FREQUENCY OF THE WARES BY SQUARES AND SPITS
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APPENDIX II: COMPOSITION OF THE PREVIOUSLY STUDIED FAUNAL SAMPLE
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APPENDIX III: FREQUENCY OF THE 1989 FAUNAL COLLECTION BY SQUARES AND SPITS
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APPENDIX IV: FREQUENCY OF THE 1983 FAUNAL COLLECTION BY TRENCHES AND SPITS
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APPENDIX V: POTTERY AND TAXONOMIC REPRESENTATION BY SQUARES AND SPITS
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REFERENCES CITED
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CAMBRIDGE MONOGRAPHS IN AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGY
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Published: 2002
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781841714172 (paperback)
- 9781407324227 (ebook)
BAR Number: S1037