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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankP1:ICD9780521847964preCUFX254/Barham9780521847964March26,200814:37THEFIRSTAFRICANSAfricahasthelongestrecord–some2.5millionyears–ofhumanoccu-pationofanycontinentonearth.Fornearlyallofthistime,itsinhabitantshavemadetoolsfromstoneandhave
2、acquiredtheirfoodfromitsrich,wildplantandanimalresources.ArchaeologicalresearchinAfricaiscrucialforunderstandingtheoriginsofhumansandthediversityofhunter-gathererwaysoflife.Thisbookprovidesanup-to-date,comprehensivesynthesisoftherecordleftbyAfrica’searliesthominin
3、inhabitantsandhunter-gatherers.Itcombinestheinsightsofarchaeologywiththoseofotherdisciplines,suchasgeneticsandpalaeoenvironmentalscience.Africanevidenceiscriticaltoimportantdebates,suchastheoriginsofstonetool-making,theemergenceofrecognisablymodernformsofcognition
4、andbehaviour,andtheexpan-sionofsuccessivehomininsfromAfricatootherpartsoftheworld.Africa’senormousecologicaldiversityandexceptionallylonghistoryalsoprovideanunparalleledopportunitytoexaminetheimpactofenvironmentchangeonhumanpopulations.Morerecently,Africanforagers
5、havebeenviewedasarchetypesofthehunter-gathererwayoflife,aviewthatisdebatedinthisvolume.AlsoexaminedistherelevanceofAfricanhunter-gatherersforunderstandingthedevelopmentandspreadoffoodproductionandthesocialandideologicalsignificanceofrockart.LawrenceBarhamisprofesso
6、rintheSchoolofArchaeology,ClassicsandEgyptologyattheUniversityofLiverpool.Ascholaroftheevolutionofsymbolicbehaviours,heistheauthorofTheMiddleStoneAgeofZambiaandcoeditorofHumanRoots:AfricaandAsiaintheMiddlePleistocene.Prof.BarhamservesontheCounciloftheBritishInstit
7、uteinEasternAfricaandiseditorofthejournalBeforeFarming:TheArchaeologyandAnthropologyofHunter-Gatherers.PeterMitchellisprofessorofAfricanarchaeologyintheSchoolofArchae-ologyattheUniversityofOxford,andTutorandFellowinArchaeologyatStHugh’sCollege,Oxford.Withaspeciali
8、sationinthearchaeologyofsouthernAfricanhunter-gatherers,butalsomuchbroaderinterestsinAfricanarchaeology,heistheauthorofTheArchaeologyofSouthernAfricaand
