The river : peoples and histories of the Omo-Turkana area /: peoples and histories of the Omo-Turkana area. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Timothy Clack and Marcus Brittain.
• Editors: Clack, Timothy; Brittain, Marcus
• Contents: Foreword – by Anthony, Lord St John of Bletso; Introduction; Part 1: Prehistoric Life and Environment; 1. Hominins and First Humans in the Lower Omo Valley – by Alex Wilshaw and Marta Mirazón Lahr; 2. Early Prehistory of Fauna and Environment in Mursiland – by Michelle Drapeau; 3. The Middle Stone Age of the Omo Delta-Turkana Basin – by Huw Groucutt; 4. The Later Prehistory of the Turkana Basin – by Alex Wilshaw and Marta Mirazón Lahr; Part 2: Pastoral Pasts – Entering History; 5. Environment Histories - The Last 2, 000 Years – by Graciela Gil-Romera and Miguel Sevilla-Callejo; 6. Archaeology of Pastoralism and Monumentality in the Omo Valley – by Marcus Brittain and Timothy Clack; 7. Global Artefacts: The Pastoral Past in Museums – by Juan Salazar Bonet and Timothy Clack; Part 3: Pastoral Presents – The Mursi; 8. Who are the Mursi? – by David Turton and Lugulointheno Jordomo; 9. Colour, Metaphor and Persons – by Jean-Baptiste Eczet; 10. Clay, Cosmology and Healing – by Kate Fayers-Kerr; 11. Nomadic Traditions of Cattle Beautification: The Mursi Example – by Timothy Insoll and Timothy Clack; 12. Material Culture – by Juan Salazar Bonet; 13. Lip Plates – by Shauna LaTosky; 14. Identity Ceremony: the Duel – by Tamás Régi; 15. Local Economics: Cattle and Crops – by Demerew Danye and Anastasia Novichkhina; Part 4: Exceptional Diversity – Omo Cultures; 16. Omo Autonomies: On Populations, Tribes, and Ethnicity – by Felix Girke; 17. Linguistic Diversity – by Shiferaw Assefa and Marcus Brittain; 18. Sacrifice and Stone Platforms in Bodi – by Lucie Buffavand and Timothy Clack; 19. The Hamar: Living By, For and With the Cattle – by Jérôme Dubosson; 20. The Suri – by Jon Abbink; 21. Kwegu: Hunters of the River – by Lucie Buffavand; Part 5: Finding the Omo – Threats and Impacts; 22. Written Past: Explorers' Histories – by Marco Bassi; 23. Last Chance to See? Intangible Heritage and Responsible Tourism – by Tamás Régi and Timothy Clack; 24. 'Our Poverty will be Gone': Hope for a Mursi Community Conservation Area – by Will Hurd; 25. From Marginalization to Megadam Crisis: The Dasanech and their Northern Turkana Neighbours – by Claudia Carr; Index.
• Publisher Details: Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 186 pages), illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (colour)
• Subjects: 963.3; African history; Environmental archaeology; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Social Science -- Archaeology; Omo River Valley (Ethiopia and Kenya) -- Antiquities; Omo River Valley (Ethiopia and Kenya) -- Social life and customs
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781789690347
• Notes: Note: Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 27, 2019).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.