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Centre and periphery in the ancient world
This collaborative volume is concerned with long-term social change. Envisaging individual societies as interlinked and interdependent parts of a global social system, the contributors determine the extent to which ancient societies were shaped over time by their incorporation in - or resistance to - the larger system.
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Reclaiming Heritage
Struggles over the meaning of the past are common in postcolonial states. State cultural heritage programs build monuments to reinforce in nation building efforts—often supported by international organizations and tourist dollars. These efforts often ignore the other, often more troubling memories preserved by local communities—markers of colonial oppression, cultural genocide, and ethnic identity. Yet, as the contributors to this volume note, questions of memory, heritage, identity and conservation are interwoven at the local, ethnic, national and global level and cannot be easily disentangled. In a fascinating series of cases from West Africa, anthropologists, archaeologists and art historians show how memory and heritage play out in a variety of postcolonial contexts. Settings range from televised ritual performances in Mali to monument conservation in Djenne and slavery memorials in Ghana.
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The archaeological interpretation of prehistoric metalworking
Certain general assumptions made by archaeologists as to the organization of metalwork production are examined, with particular reference to the European Bronze Age. Alternative models to those generally accepted for the trade in raw materials, the position and status of the smith in society, and forms of industrial organization are proposed and the influence of factors such as increased specialization and trade are discussed. Finally, attention is drawn to the dangers of using differences in metalwork to support the definition of chronological and cultural distinctions without the application of adequate checks derived from the rest of the material culture.
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Sorcery, Power and the Modern State in Cameroon
This article relates various and somewhat ambiguous notions of mystical danger to the principles of wealth and political power in Cameroon. We argue that in a setting where the State claims to encapsulate the 'authoritarian power of command', hierarchical ordering is rendered enigmatic by the association of the exercise of coercive power with sorcery. In a structure where obedience is not willingly given and moral virtue flows from the legitimacy of communal life, various diffuse and a-political practices operate to promote personal and group achievement and to resist state domination.
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