The Origins and Development of African Livestock: Archaeology, Genetics, Linguistics and EthnographyRoger Blench, Kevin MacDonald Routledge, 27/01/2006 - 568 من الصفحات This book presents an interdisciplinary overview of the origins of African livestock, placing Africa as one of the world centres for animal domestication. With sections on archaeology, genetics, linguistics and ethnography, this collection contains over twenty contributions from the field's foremost experts and provides fully illustrated, never before published data, and extensive bibliographies. |
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African cattle agricultural Akumbu ancient animal traction archaeological archaeozoology areas Bantu BCCW bee-keeping Berber Blench bones breeds camel century Chad Chadic chicken Clutton-Brock cock Cubalel cultural Cushitic dates dogs domestic animals domestic cattle donkeys Driesch early East eastern Sahara Egypt Egyptian Epstein Eritrea Ethiopia European evidence excavations faunal remains Figure fowl Gao Sany Gautier genetic GLpe Grigson groups guinea-fowl herd hives Holocene horns horses humped hunter-gatherers indicate indigenous Iron Age Kenya Kiseiba languages Lauvergne linguistic livestock MacDonald millennium BC Muzzolini N'Dama Nabta Playa neolithic Niger Nigeria Nile Valley Nobiin North Africa northern origins ovicaprines pastoral pastoralists pigs populations pottery prehistory primigenius production reconstructed region rock art root Sahara Saharan rock art sheep and goats Siouré South southern Africa species spread Sudan suggests Table taurine Wendorf West Africa wild zebu