{"title":"Making beads and bead making: an introduction.","authors":"Abigail Moffett, Anne Haour","doi":"10.1080/0067270X.2024.2419778","DOIUrl":"10.1080/0067270X.2024.2419778","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Beads are a prominent category of material culture in the African past. Crosscutting their study across temporal periods and geographical areas are some general methodological and theoretical convergences: the categorisation of beads in terms of materials and methods of manufacture, an emphasis on provenance and distribution, and the analysis of beads as 'social signals' in relation to identity, networks and status. This paper outlines the conceptual framework of 'making' and discusses how such a framework can expand on existing analyses and provide new avenues for studying beads in the African past. Beads, like all forms of material culture, are the culmination of a dynamic process between materials and makers: the intermixing of ideas, substances and tools in time and space. A focus on making draws our attention to exploring the processes of bead composition in deeper focus, examining not only recycling and reuse but also the ways in which beads were made into composite items, such as garments or adornments. At the same time, a focus on making brings to light a concern for the encounters between material properties, knowledge, memory and sensory affects, encouraging an exploration of bead making as an assemblage of material and non-material things. We draw on a range of case studies from various regions across the African continent to illustrate the relevance of our approach for developing new insights into beads in the archaeological record.</p>","PeriodicalId":45689,"journal":{"name":"Azania-Archaeological Research in Africa","volume":"59 4","pages":"463-482"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11649215/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142847936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The art of music. The representation of musical instruments in the rock art of Zimbabwe.","authors":"Joshua Kumbani, Margarita Díaz-Andreu","doi":"10.1080/0067270X.2024.2415211","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0067270X.2024.2415211","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article explores the relationship between music and rock art by looking at the occurrence of musical instruments at rock art sites in Zimbabwe. Much of the attention paid to the rich rock art heritage of this country has focused on the documentation of sites, the meaning of the painted and engraved motifs in them and the regional variability they display. Despite some brief mentions, the depiction of musical instruments is still in need of systematic study. This article's first objective is to compile the information about this type of motifs found in publications and the SARADA archive. Having identified and classified them, it then explores whether musical instruments depicted at rock art sites are connected to altered states of consciousness. The possible relationship between gender and music is also explored and regional differences in the depiction of musical instruments are commented on.</p>","PeriodicalId":45689,"journal":{"name":"Azania-Archaeological Research in Africa","volume":"60 1","pages":"4-34"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11934955/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143721980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Noemie Arazi, Igor Matonda, Olivier Mulumbwa Luna, Alexandre Livingstone Smith
{"title":"Kasongo-Tongoni: a nineteenth-century caravan town in Maniema, Democratic Republic of Congo","authors":"Noemie Arazi, Igor Matonda, Olivier Mulumbwa Luna, Alexandre Livingstone Smith","doi":"10.1080/0067270x.2024.2389003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0067270x.2024.2389003","url":null,"abstract":"This article is devoted to the identification and preliminary archaeological research of Kasongo-Tongoni, an important caravan settlement located in the east of Central Africa to the west of Lake T...","PeriodicalId":45689,"journal":{"name":"Azania-Archaeological Research in Africa","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142254480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pleistocene archaeology and environments of the Free State, South Africa","authors":"Michael B. Toffolo","doi":"10.1080/0067270x.2024.2379724","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0067270x.2024.2379724","url":null,"abstract":"Pleistocene climate variability is often seen as a major cause of much of the evidence observed in the archaeological and palaeontological record of Africa. While continent-wide climate systems pla...","PeriodicalId":45689,"journal":{"name":"Azania-Archaeological Research in Africa","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141946763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"PhD Abstract","authors":"Mark Seyram Amenyo-Xa","doi":"10.1080/0067270x.2024.2325827","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0067270x.2024.2325827","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa (Ahead of Print, 2024)","PeriodicalId":45689,"journal":{"name":"Azania-Archaeological Research in Africa","volume":"42 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140115458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adornment deposits: a study of bead and jewellery remains from Late Antiquity tombs in the Red Sea port of Berenike","authors":"Joanna Then-Obłuska","doi":"10.1080/0067270x.2024.2316527","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0067270x.2024.2316527","url":null,"abstract":"Next to pottery, items of adornment comprise the most abundant material excavated in Northeast Africa, often being the only evidence for long-distance interactions. Interdisciplinary research has b...","PeriodicalId":45689,"journal":{"name":"Azania-Archaeological Research in Africa","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140069946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Paul Sinclair (1949–2023) — In memoriam","authors":"Anneli Ekblom","doi":"10.1080/0067270x.2024.2325316","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0067270x.2024.2325316","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa (Ahead of Print, 2024)","PeriodicalId":45689,"journal":{"name":"Azania-Archaeological Research in Africa","volume":"26 12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140070065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Festins et pratiques alimentaires à Lambaye et ses environs, 1500–1900 (royaume historique du Baol), Sénégal","authors":"Sidy Ndour","doi":"10.1080/0067270x.2024.2316529","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0067270x.2024.2316529","url":null,"abstract":"Situé dans le centre-ouest du Sénégal, le royaume historique du Baol a joué un rôle majeur dans l’évolution politique, économique, culturelle, religieuse et sociale de l’histoire du Sénégal. Avec L...","PeriodicalId":45689,"journal":{"name":"Azania-Archaeological Research in Africa","volume":"690 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140019884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maryna Steyn, Cecile Jolly, Carina M. Schlebusch, Anja Meyer
{"title":"Zuurberg (Eastern Cape, South Africa) revisited: human remains, dating and archaeological findings","authors":"Maryna Steyn, Cecile Jolly, Carina M. Schlebusch, Anja Meyer","doi":"10.1080/0067270x.2024.2316526","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0067270x.2024.2316526","url":null,"abstract":"The Later Stone Age (LSA) site of Zuurberg in the Cape Fold Mountains of South Africa was excavated in the 1920s by F.W. FitzSimons. As with his other excavations, not much is known about the exact...","PeriodicalId":45689,"journal":{"name":"Azania-Archaeological Research in Africa","volume":"135 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140005487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Expansion atlantique et transformations des paysages à Lambaye, 1400–1900 (royaume du Baol), Université Laval, 2024 (Atlantic expansion and landscape transformations at Lambaye, 1400–1900 (kingdom of Baol), Laval University 2024)","authors":"Sidy Ndour","doi":"10.1080/0067270x.2024.2316479","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/0067270x.2024.2316479","url":null,"abstract":"Published in Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa (Ahead of Print, 2024)","PeriodicalId":45689,"journal":{"name":"Azania-Archaeological Research in Africa","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140005625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}