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From Cambridge to Lake Chad: Life in archaeology 1956–1971
Af: Graham Connah
Engelsk Paperback
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From Cambridge to Lake Chad: Life in archaeology 1956–1971
Af: Graham Connah
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This book is about how the author became an archaeologist at a time when opportunities for employment were rare and how he worked as a field researcher in West Africa and wrote about his work there. It traces his archaeological training and employment at Cambridge and his practical experience on British excavations and explains how he became one of the pioneers of Nigerian archaeology during a decade in that country. It is not so much a study of the archaeology that was done, as an account of how it was done; its circumstances, organization, and economic and social and cultural context. As a result, it is both a professional and personal account, for these two aspects of life were inseparably intertwined, his wife Beryl becoming an integral part of the story. Other archaeologists and many non-archaeologists also feature in the account. The period in Nigeria from 1961 to 1971 included the Nigerian Civil War from 1967 to 1970, when archaeological work continued with difficulty. Both circumstances and preference meant that the author always worked with a labour team of Nigerians and with Nigerian assistants, of whom few had any experience in archaeology and none had any formal training; there were no postgraduates or others from outside the country. Success in excavations in Benin City, in the south of the country, and in Borno, in its far north-east, was as much the achievement of those Nigerians as it was the author’s.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
290
ISBN-13:
9781784919580
Indbinding:
Paperback
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ISBN-10:
1784919586
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Udg. Dato:
31 jan 2019
Længde:
15mm
Bredde:
245mm
Højde:
177mm
Forlag:
Archaeopress
Oplagsdato:
31 jan 2019
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