Schylek pradziejow w srodkowym Sudanie (Late Prehistory of the Central Sudan), Studies in African Archaeology, vol. 3 ISBN: 83-900434-0-8 Description: 256 pages (17x24 cm), drawings, plans, photographs Condition: very good Weight: 450g. Price: $11.28 This item is in stock Quantity:

L. Krzyzaniak, Schylek pradziejow w srodkowym Sudanie (Late Prehistory of the Central Sudan), Studies in African Archaeology, vol. 3, Poznan Archaeological Museum 1992 In Polish, with English summary   Two major cultural systems had developed in the prehistory of the Central Sudan. In 8,000 - 4,900 B. C. a successful aquaticfood-gathering was introduced, most probably from the areas situated to the south. In 4,900 - 3,000 B.C. this system was replaced, appa?rently rapidly in the riverain reaches of the Central Sudan, by the pastoral system depending also on the exploitation of genetically wild sorghum and on the traditional forms of the food-gathering. This pastoral technology and domestic animal's were of the northern origin. Small, rich and probably hereditary social elites quickly de?veloped in these pastoral groups which may have been organized into chiefdoms....         Spelling mistakes may occur (especially in multilanguage book contents) in the above fragment of text due to OCR program.

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