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Hunting, Fishing, and Herding in Later Stone Age and Iron Age Zambia: A Review of Zooarchaeological Evidence 石器时代晚期和铁器时代赞比亚的狩猎、捕鱼和放牧：动物考古证据综述

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African Archaeological Review Pub Date : 2025-02-14 DOI: 10.1007/s10437-025-09612-0

Maggie Katongo, Jeffrey B. Fleisher, Mary E. Prendergast

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Capturing Empire Through the Lens: Colonial Narratives and Power Structures in Henry Wellcome’s Expedition to Jebel Moya, Sudan 通过镜头捕捉帝国：亨利·惠康远征苏丹杰贝勒莫亚的殖民叙事和权力结构

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African Archaeological Review Pub Date : 2025-02-06 DOI: 10.1007/s10437-024-09609-1

Isabelle Vella Gregory, Angela Saward, Ahmed Hussein Abdelrahman Adam

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New Luminescence and Radiocarbon Dates for Kanem-Borno Fired-Brick Elite Sites in Kanem, Chad: Bayesian Chronological Modelling of Settlement Construction 乍得卡内姆-博尔诺烧砖遗址的新发光和放射性碳年代：聚落建设的贝叶斯年代学模型

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African Archaeological Review Pub Date : 2025-01-25 DOI: 10.1007/s10437-025-09611-1

Carlos Magnavita, Susanne Lindauer, Adoum Casimir Adjbane

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On Hunting and Meat-eating by Middle Stone Age Hominins at Loiyangalani Site in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania 坦桑尼亚塞伦盖蒂国家公园洛伊扬加拉尼遗址中石器时代人类的狩猎和食肉

IF 2 3区社会学

African Archaeological Review Pub Date : 2025-01-15 DOI: 10.1007/s10437-024-09607-3

Frank Masele

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Commentary on Remaking the Late Holocene Environment of Western Uganda: Archaeological Perspectives on Kansyore and Later Settlers

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African Archaeological Review Pub Date : 2025-01-10 DOI: 10.1007/s10437-024-09605-5

Andrew Reid

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Multilingualism at the Crossroads of Africa: A Response to Commentaries on “Remaking Late Holocene Environment of Western Uganda: Kansyore and Later Settlers in the Ndali Crater Lakes Region”

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African Archaeological Review Pub Date : 2024-12-23 DOI: 10.1007/s10437-024-09606-4

Peter R. Schmidt, Jonathan R. Walz, Jackline N. Besigye, John Krigbaum, Gilbert Oteyo

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A Focus on Western Uganda

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African Archaeological Review Pub Date : 2024-12-16 DOI: 10.1007/s10437-024-09608-2

J. Cameron Monroe

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Preserving Heritage Amid War: A Protocol for Recording and Disseminating the Tomb of Djehutyhotep at the Sudan National Museum 在战争中保存遗产：苏丹国家博物馆记录和传播杰胡提霍特普墓的议定书

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African Archaeological Review Pub Date : 2024-12-06 DOI: 10.1007/s10437-024-09604-6

Rennan Lemos, Ikhlas Abdllatief, Sveva Linarello, Victor Capuchio

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Contemporaneity of the Typical and Upper Capsian (Northwest African Later Stone Age) 典型和上卡普西亚（西北非洲晚期石器时代）的同代人

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African Archaeological Review Pub Date : 2024-12-05 DOI: 10.1007/s10437-024-09599-0

Nicolas Perrault

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The Current Phyto-Scape and Foodplants of Holley Shelter, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and Its Potential for Past Foragers 南非夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省Holley避难所当前的植物景观和食用植物及其对过去觅食者的潜力

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African Archaeological Review Pub Date : 2024-10-31 DOI: 10.1007/s10437-024-09603-7

Marlize Lombard, Gregor D. Bader, Manuel Will

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