Africa
Vol. 43 / No. 3
By: Mac Marston
The Grass is Always Greener in the Boma: Science & Archaeology
The two main components of archaeological fieldwork are locating sites and then excavating them. Site survey is necessary to locate […]
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Vol. 43 / No. 1
By: Janet Monge
Researching the Origins of Swahili Coast Inhabitants
The end of the 10th century marked many changes in the way archaeological and physical anthropological research is conducted. Most […]
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Vol. 42 / No. 3
By: Kathleen Ryan
Edible Wild Plants as Digestive Aids: Ethnoarchaeology in Maasailand: Science & Archaeology
Indigenous cultures around the world retain knowledge of a diversity of plants in their environments, including plants used for medicinal […]
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Vol. 42 / No. 1
By: Dwaune Latimer
Currently on Loan: What in the World
Two masterpieces from the University of Pennsylvania Museum’s African collection are currently on loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art […]
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Vol. 35 / No. 3
By: Kris L. Hardin
Representing Africa: Whose Story Counts?
Photographs have long been an important tool of cultural anthropologists. A quick survey of the anthropological literature shows visual images being […]
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Karanog, Wealthy Capital of a Lower Nubian Province: Behind the Scenes
Karanog, a provincial capital of the Meroitic kingdom during the 2nd centuries A.D., provides our richest glimpse into a culture […]
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Vol. 33 / No. 1
By: Glenn Davis Stone
Settlement Ethnoarchaeology: Changing Patterns Among the Kofyar of Nigeria
Archaeology consists of both reconstructing what happened and explaining it happened. archaeological has always been conducted with an eye towards […]
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Vol. 29 / No. 3
By: David Conwell
Ostrich Eggs
The exotic and easily recognized ostrich egg is found surprisingly often by archaeologists working all around the Mediterranean. Evidence for […]
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By: David Conwell
On Ostrich Eggs and Libyans: Traces of a Bronze Age People from Bates' Island, Egypt
(The Libyans] schemed to plot rebellion a second time, to finish their lifetime on the frontier of Egypt. They gathered […]
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By: Carolyn Fleuhr-Lobban
Challenging Some Myths: Women in Shari'a (Islamic) Law in the Sudan
Perhaps no other topic in Islamic law has drawn such attention in the West as that of the purported low […]
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