Three Thousand Years in Africa : Man and his environment in the Lake Chad region of Nigeria (Paperback)

Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Ways of looking at the past; 2. The African savanna and Lake Chad; 3. Environment and Man in north-west Nigeria; 4. The archaeological landscape and its interpretation; 5. The earliest evidence; 6. The firki response: Daima I; 7. The firki response: Daima II; 8. The firki response: Daima III; 9. Sand adaptations and the Yobe advantage; 10. Urbanisation and state development; 11. Towards an understanding; Bibliography; Index.