Landscape Transformations and the Archaeology of Impact Social Disruption and State Formation in Southern Africa
Description
An attempt to use archaeological materials to investigate the colonization of southeastern Africa during the period 1500 to 1900. Perry demonstrates the usefulness of archaeology in bypassing the biases of the ethnohistorical and documentary record and generating a more comprehensive understanding of history. Special attention is paid to the period of state formation in Swaziland and a critique of the `Settler Model', which the author finds to be invalid.
Keywords
HistoryAncientHistoriographyAfricaSouthRepublic of South AfricaPolitical ScienceHistory & TheorySocial ScienceAnthropologyCultural & SocialArchaeologyEthnic StudiesAfrican StudiesPopular CultureReferenceRegional Studies
1999Book
Author(s)Warren R. Perry
PublisherSpringer Science & Business Media
ISBN9780306459559
LanguageEnglish
