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The Technological And Socio-Economic Organization Of The Elmenteitan Early Herders In Southern Kenya (3000-1200 Bp), Steven Thomas Goldstein
The Technological And Socio-Economic Organization Of The Elmenteitan Early Herders In Southern Kenya (3000-1200 Bp), Steven Thomas Goldstein
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Understanding how the modern world has been shaped by the origins and spread of food production deeper in our past is an enduring and fundamental goal of anthropological archaeology. In Africa, mobile pastoralism emerged as a way of life that is economically and ideologically focused on herding livestock, and spread across the continent over the last 8000 years. Despite the potential importance of African pastoralism within global dialogues on the origins of food production, the social and economic systems that sustained its spread through the continent remain poorly understood. A culture-complex known as the Elmenteitan is associated with the spread …