From the Nile Valley to the Chad Basin: Ethnoarchaeology of Shuwa Arab Settlements
Why should Near Eastern archaeologists study the life of the Shuwa Arab pastoralists of Cameroon? Ethnoarchaeological research on their pastoral-nomad villages offers a model of how site-location strategies, settlement layout, material culture items, and subsistence strategies are used to maintain a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1993
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The Biblical archaeologist
Year: 1993, Volume: 56, Issue: 4, Pages: 166-179 |
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| Summary: | Why should Near Eastern archaeologists study the life of the Shuwa Arab pastoralists of Cameroon? Ethnoarchaeological research on their pastoral-nomad villages offers a model of how site-location strategies, settlement layout, material culture items, and subsistence strategies are used to maintain and reproduce ethnic identity. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeologist
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3210370 |