The goal of this volume is to impart an appreciation of the many facets of East Africa's cultural and archaeological diversity over the last 2,000 years. It bri

A detailed overview of the Eastern African stone tools that make up the world's longest archaeological record.

Born from the fields of Islamic art and architectural history, the archaeological study of the Islamic societies is a relatively young discipline. With its root

" . . . one of the best books yet written on preindustrial African ironworking." —Geoarchaeology "Peter Schmidt has written an important synthesis of two deca

Africa has the longest and arguably the most diverse archaeological record of any of the continents. It is where the human lineage first evolved and from where