Archaeology in Africa and in Museums by David W. Phillipson - 9780521537223

Archaeology in Africa and in MuseumsAn Inaugural Lecture given in the University of Cambridge, 22 October 2002\nAuthor(s): David W. Phillipson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521537223, 978-0521537223\nSynopsis\nDavid Phillipson is the first Professor of African Archaeology to be appointed at any UK university, and is Director of Cambridge University's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. In the first part of this passionately argued lecture, he makes the case for the importance of 'archaeology in Africa' and 'Africa in archaeology'. Africa was almost certainly the birthplace of the first hominids and has an archaeological record longer than any other continent. Drawing on examples from the archaeology of Ethiopia, specifically the ancient civilisation of Aksum, Phillipson highlights the contribution that archaeology can make to the understanding of that continent and its people, and demon.