The Origins and Development of African Livestock : Archaeology, Genetics, Linguistics and Ethnography
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Of particular interest to those studying the history of the African continent, this book takes its place as a standard reference in the field of livestock studies. > 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. > 1: Introduction; 1: The origins of African livestock: indigenous or imported?; 2: A survey of ethnographic and linguistic evidence for the history of livestock in Africa; 2: Archaeology; 3: Cattle, sheep, and goats south of the Sahara: an archaeozoological perspective; 4: Bos africanus (Brehm)? Notes on the archaeozoology of the native cattle of Africa; 5: Climate and cattle in North Africa: a first approximation; 6: Liva
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