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Namib - The archaeology of an African desert (Hardcover)
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Namib - The archaeology of an African desert (Hardcover)
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The first full-length examination of the archaeology and history of
the Namib Desert. This is a story of human survival over the last
one million years in the Namib Desert - one of the most hostile
environments on Earth. Namib reveals the resilience and ingenuity
of desert communities and provides a vivid picture of our species'
response to climate change, and ancient strategies to counter
ever-present risk. Dusty fragments of stone, pottery and bone tell
a history of perpetual transition, of shifting and temporary states
of balance. Namib digs beneath the usual evidence of archaeology to
uncover a world of arcane rituals, of travelling rain-makers, of
intricate social networks which maintained vital systems of
negotiated access to scarce resources. Ranging from the earliest
evidence of human occupation, through colonial rule and genocide,
to the invasion of the desert by South African troops during the
First World War, this is the first comprehensive archaeology of the
Namib. Among its important contributions are the reclaiming of the
indigenous perspective during the brutal colonial occupation, and
establishing new material links between the imperialist project in
German South West Africa during 1885-1915 and the Third Reich, and
between Nazi ideology and Apartheid. Southern Africa: University of
Namibia Press/Jacana
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