The Archaeology of EthiopiaThis book provides the first truly comprehensive multi-period study of the archaeology of Ethiopia, surveying the country's history, detailing the discoveries from the late Stone Age, including the famous 'Lucy' and moving onto the emergence of food production, prehistoric rock art and an analysis of the increasing social complexity that can be obs |
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Tenological development from the Pliocene to the mid | |
Beyond ecological determinism and neo | |
Emergent social complexity in the northern highlands in the first | 15 |
Aksum | 15 |
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