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By Roger Blench

ISBN-10: 0759104654

ISBN-13: 9780759104655

ISBN-10: 0759104662

ISBN-13: 9780759104662

Archaeology, Language, and the African previous is an summary of theories and techniques, a fusion of African linguistics and archaeology. Roger Blench presents a accomplished examine the heritage of all African language households, incorporating the newest linguistic classifications, present facts from archaeology, genetic learn, and recorded background. This unique and definitive quantity examines the industrial tradition of the continent_from significant vegetation and flora to animals and livestock_from a multi-dimensional standpoint. It offers scholars of linguistics, archaeology, and anthropology with a severe dialogue at the background of African languages and the cultures they articulate.

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