Foragers in the middle Limpopo Valley: Trade, Place-making, and Social Complexity (Paperback)

Between the last centuries BC and the early second millennium AD, central southern Africa witnessed massive social change. Several landscapes hosted a variety of socio-political developments that led to the establishment of state-level society at Mapungubwe, c. 1220 AD in the middle Limpopo Valley. These different landscapes were connected through various forms of circuitry, including social, political, economic and topographic networks. While most often these systems and developments are discussed in the context of farmer societies, local forager communities also saw associated shifts. They were present from before the arrival of farmers and not only witnessed but also participated in local systems leading to the appearance of complex society. Despite numerous studies in the valley, this has not been explored; generally, forager involvement in socio-political developments has been ignored and only farmer sequences have been considered. However, from the early first millennium AD, foragers themselves transformed their own society. Changes have been noted in settlement patterns, craft production, trade relations, social interactions, wealth accumulation, and status. Moreover, these changes occurred unevenly across the landscape; at different forager sites, different responses to shifting social networks have been recorded. When viewed together, the spectrum of change suggests that valley foragers developed social complexity.

General

Imprint:	Archaeopress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology
Release date:	September 2020
First published:	2020
Authors:	Tim Forssman
Dimensions:	276 x 203 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	140
ISBN-13:	978-1-78969-685-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Humanities > Archaeology > General Promotions
LSN:	1-78969-685-2
Barcode:	9781789696851

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