book chapter
Early farmers
African archaeology • Cambridge, Uk • Published In 2005 • Pages: 165-213
By: Phillipson, D. W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an overview of some of the first farmers and herders in Africa north of the equator. The author discusses where indigenous plants and animals were first domesticated, and which ones were introduced from outside Africa. Rock art, pottery, and stone tools are part of the discussion.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Fauna
- Flora
- Comparative evidence
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Pastoral activities
- Tillage
- Cereal agriculture
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- West African Neolithic
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2021
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 7500-2000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northern Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- David W. Phillipson
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2004049657
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- West African Neolithic