The River: Peoples and Histories of the Omo-Turkana Area

Clack, Timothy (EDT)/ Brittain, Marcus (EDT)

Archaeopress（2018/10発売）

Archaeopress（2018/10発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 206 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781789690330
• DDC分類 963.3

Full Description

The Omo-Turkana area is unlike any place on earth. Spanning parts of Ethiopia, South Sudan and Kenya, the area is today home to a unique diversity of peoples and cultures. Extraordinary fossil finds from the locale have illuminated the evolutionary origins of our species and archaeological and historical evidence has demonstrated it has been a dynamic crossroads of peoples, languages and identities for millennia. Over the past two decades, development interventions have transformed the environment and presented a threat to local forms of material and intangible heritage. Many local groups now face challenges to the long-term sustainability of their traditional ways of life. This sumptuously illustrated book brings together a remarkable collection of the world's leading archaeologists, ecologists, historians and ethnographers who specialise in the locale. Recognising the Omo-Turkana area as a crucial resource of global heritage, the authors also acknowledge its current vulnerability.

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