Archaeology in Southern Africa
by Woodhouse, H. C
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Cape Town: Purnell, 1971) 36000105X. 8vo; original brown boards, lettered in white on spine and upper cover; price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 170, incl. index; many photographs, some of which in full colour. Dustwrapper sunned on spine panel; bump to top edge of upper board; earlier owner's name and inscription to front free endpaper; some tape marks to endpapers. Good to very good condition. "The fossilised man-apes of Makapansgat, the might of Monomotapa. The gold rhinoceros of Mapungubwe, the painted eland of the Drakensberg. The hand-axes of the Earlier Stone Age, the ritual burials of the Later Stone Age. Cosmetic mines in Swaziland, gold mines in Rhodesia. These are just a few of the intriguing subjects covered by this lively account of archaeology and prehistory in Southern Africa. From his practical fieldwork, his comprehensive reading and his personal acquaintance with most of the leading figures, Bert Woodhouse has compiled an absorbing story. It is written for the general reader and is illustrated with the author's own photographs." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11900
- Title
- Archaeology in Southern Africa
- Author
- Woodhouse, H. C
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: Purnell, 1971) 36000105X
- Keywords
- Signed copy. Prehistory. Archaeology. Paleontology. Fossils. Excavations. Artefacts Archaeology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology;
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Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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