Dear Colleagues,
We are happy to announce the proceedings of the 6th meeting of the International Workshop on African Archaeology (IWAA) held 2009 in Cairo, Egypt.
Windows on the African Past. Current Approaches to African Archaeobotany
Ahmed G. Fahmy, S. Kahlheber & A.C. D'Andrea (eds.).
Reports in African Archaeology Vol. 3, December 2011
ISBN: 978-3-937248-32-5.
EUR 49.80 (Softcover) + EUR 7.00 Shipping (Worldwide)
Info: Language: English, release date: December 2011, 242 pages, 73 illustrations, 62 tables. Size/weight: 298x210x8 mm, 800 gramm.
Contents:
C. Sievers: Sedges from Sibudu, South Africa: Evidence for their Use
G. Bigga & S. Kahlheber: From Gathering to Agricultural Intensification: Archaeobotanical Remains from Mege, Chad Basin, NE Nigeria
J. Morales, J.F. Navarro-Mederos & A. Rodríguez-Rodríguez: Plant Offerings to the Gods: Seed Remains from a Pre-Hispanic Sacrificial Altar in La Gomera Island (Canary Islands, Spain)
U. Thanheiser: Island of the Blessed: 8000 Years of Plant Exploitation in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt
A.G. Fahmy, R. Friedman & M.A. Fadl: Economy and Ecology of Predynastic Hierakonpolis, Egypt: Archaeobotanical Evidence from a Trash Mound at HK11C
E. Marinova, G.J.M. van Loon, M. De Meyer & H. Willems: Plant Economy and Land Use in Middle Egypt during the Late Antique/Early Islamic Period: Archaeobotanical Analysis of Mud Bricks and Mud Plasters from the Area of Dayr al-Barsha
R. Hamdy & N.M.N. El Hadidi: Identification of Plant Materials used in the Coiled Basketry Collection at the Agricultural Museum (Giza, Egypt)
K.U. Radomski & K. Neumann: Grasses and Grinding Stones: Inflorescence Phytoliths from Modern West African Poaceae and Archaeological Stone Artefacts
H.R. Oliveira, D.L. Lister & M.K. Jones: Phylogeography of Cereal Landraces and the Spread of Agriculture in Northwest Africa: Review and Prospects
L. Olmi, A.M. Mercuri, M.T.P. Gilbert, S. Biagetti, S. Fordyce, E. Cappellini, I. Massamba N’siala & S. di Lernia: Morphological and Genetic Analyses of Early and Mid Holocene Wild Cereals from the Takarkori Rockshelter (Central Sahara, Libya): First Results and Prospects
C. Ehret: A Linguistic History of Cultivation and Herding in Northeastern Africa
B. Ricquier & K. Bostoen: Stirring up the Porridge: How Early Bantu Speakers Prepared their Cereals
A. Catherine D’Andrea & Pamela Wadge: T’ef (Eragrostis tef): A Legacy of Pastoralism?
The book can be ordered on the Africa Magna website (
http://www.africamagna.de/lang/en-us/katalog-raacatalogue-raa) or through major bookdealers.
With kind regards,
Ahmed Fahmy, Catherine D’Andrea, Stefanie Kahlheber
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Dr Ahmed G. Fahmy
Professor of Plant Taxonomy and Archaeobotany
Dept. of Botany and Microbiology
Faculty of Science
University of Helwan
Helwan 11791 Egypt
