This book presents an interdisciplinary overview of the origins of African livestock, placing Africa as one of the world centres for animal domestication. With sections on archaeology, genetics, linguistics and ethnography, this collection contains over twenty contributions from the field's foremost experts and provides fully illustrated, never before published data, and extensive bibliographies.
This book presents an interdisciplinary overview of the origins of African livestock, placing Africa as one of the world centres for animal domestication. With sections on archaeology, genetics, linguistics and ethnography, this collection contains over twenty contributions from the field's foremost experts and provides fully illustrated, never before published data, and extensive bibliographies.
1: Introduction 1: The origins of African livestock: indigenous or imported? 2: A survey of ethnographic and linguistic evidence for the history of livestock in Africa 2: Archaeology 3: Cattle, sheep, and goats south of the Sahara: an archaeozoological perspective 4: Bos africanus (Brehm)? Notes on the archaeozoology of the native cattle of Africa 5: Climate and cattle in North Africa: a first approximation 6: Livestock in Saharan Rock Art 7: African livestock remains from Saharan mortuary contexts 8: The origins and development of domesticated animals in arid West Africa 9: Domestic animals from archaeological sites in Central and west-central Africa 10: The origins and spread of domestic animals in East Africa 11: The origins of the domesticated animals of southern Africa 3: Genetics and Breed Characterization 12: Genetics and the origins of African cattle 13: Two Eves for taurusl Bovine mitochondrial DNA and African cattle domestication 14: Molecular genetic analysis of African zeboid populations 15: Characterization of the Kuri cattle of Lake Chad using molecular genetic techniques 16: Characterizations of African cattle, sheep and goats and their contributions to archaeological understanding 17: The characterization of indigenous goat types of Ethiopia and Eritrea 18: Using morphobiometric indices to map goat resources in Africa 19: Indigenous domesticated dogs of southern Africa: an introduction 4: Linguistics and Ethnography 20: African minor livestock species 21: A history of donkeys, wild asses and mules in Africa 22: A history of pigs in Africa 23: Did chickens go west? 24: Linguistic evidence for the prehistory of livestock in Sudan 25: Ethnographic perspectives on cattle management in semi-arid environments: a case study from Maasailand 26: The history of working animals in Africa 27: Bees and bee-keeping in Africa
1: Introduction 1: The origins of African livestock: indigenous or imported? 2: A survey of ethnographic and linguistic evidence for the history of livestock in Africa 2: Archaeology 3: Cattle, sheep, and goats south of the Sahara: an archaeozoological perspective 4: Bos africanus (Brehm)? Notes on the archaeozoology of the native cattle of Africa 5: Climate and cattle in North Africa: a first approximation 6: Livestock in Saharan Rock Art 7: African livestock remains from Saharan mortuary contexts 8: The origins and development of domesticated animals in arid West Africa 9: Domestic animals from archaeological sites in Central and west-central Africa 10: The origins and spread of domestic animals in East Africa 11: The origins of the domesticated animals of southern Africa 3: Genetics and Breed Characterization 12: Genetics and the origins of African cattle 13: Two Eves for taurusl Bovine mitochondrial DNA and African cattle domestication 14: Molecular genetic analysis of African zeboid populations 15: Characterization of the Kuri cattle of Lake Chad using molecular genetic techniques 16: Characterizations of African cattle, sheep and goats and their contributions to archaeological understanding 17: The characterization of indigenous goat types of Ethiopia and Eritrea 18: Using morphobiometric indices to map goat resources in Africa 19: Indigenous domesticated dogs of southern Africa: an introduction 4: Linguistics and Ethnography 20: African minor livestock species 21: A history of donkeys, wild asses and mules in Africa 22: A history of pigs in Africa 23: Did chickens go west? 24: Linguistic evidence for the prehistory of livestock in Sudan 25: Ethnographic perspectives on cattle management in semi-arid environments: a case study from Maasailand 26: The history of working animals in Africa 27: Bees and bee-keeping in Africa
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