Ethnohistoric Archaeology of the Mukogodo in North-Central Kenya: Hunter-gatherer subsistence and the transition to pastoralism in secondary settings (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780860549901)

This study addresses the issue of recent hunter-gatherer subsistence and adoption of herding through excavation and analysis of archaeological material from Shulumai Rockshelter, inhabited until 50 years ago by Mukogodo hunter-gatherers of Laikipia District in north-central Kenya. New information on hunter-gatherer subsistence and the relations of Mukogodo hunter-gatherers to food producers helps current efforts in documenting processes involved in adoption of food production by hunter-gatherers in secondary settings. Thus this book makes both methodological and theoretical contributions to African archaeology regarding the interpretation of late Holocene archaeological sites associated with late hunter-gatherer and early producing economies in East Africa.

Author: Kennedy K. Mutundu
ISBN-10: 0860549909
ISBN-13: 9780860549901
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
Language: English
Published: 12/31/1999
Pages: 116
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 11.69h x 8.27w x 0.32d