Africa Info
It is useful to understand how African environments seem to have changed during the last 20,000 years when looking at the evidence for food production on the continent.
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Here are some useful websites related to African geography and archaeology:
- PDF Table of information on indigenous African plant domesticates
- PDF Table of information on indigenous African animal domesticates
- Larger map of Africa's natural vegetation today
- MAPS MAPS MAPS! of Africa
- Link to description of breeds of cattle, sheep and goats, including many African domisticates (look at Nguni and N'dama cattle, for example)
- Visit African Weather Links from the University of Cape Town, or view directly the current satellite images (visible image or infrared image) that show today's cloud cover and storm patterns across the African continent
- Greater Horn of Africa Home Page a USAID &EROS data center project
- Ceramic Traditions of Mali -- Mission ArchÈologique et EthnoarchÈologique Suisse en Afrique de l'Ouest
- Rice Archaeology Page, featuring Jenne-Jeno and the work of Roderick and Susan MacIntosh in Mali. Link to Mali Interactive !
- Northeast Nigeria, Archaeological Research: Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- BANI: Base d'Anthropology Physique du Niger -- Institut de Recherche en Sciences
Humaines de l'Universite de Niamey (France)
- Gajiganna site 2200-400 BC (calibrated dates)
- Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology -- University of Memphis
- Archaeological Survey in the Eastern Desert of Egypt -- University of Michigan
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URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~origins/teach/p200/xxx.html Comments: sept@indiana.edu Copyright Jeanne Sept 1998 : do not cite without permission |