Bibliograph

Cultural landscape heritage in Sub-Saharan Africa, John Beardsley, editor

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Cultural landscape heritage in Sub-Saharan Africa, John Beardsley, editor

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-441) and index

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mapsillustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Cultural landscape heritage in Sub-Saharan Africa

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bibliography

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908698958

Responsibility statement

John Beardsley, editor

Series statement

Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture, XXXVII

Summary

"The essays present a range of landscapes: pathways and cairns used by nomadic peoples to navigate through and mark significant places; anthropogenic or managed forests consecrated to ritual purposes of various kinds; tombs or palaces with significant landscape orientations and components; even monumental ceremonial and urban spaces, as at Great Zimbabwe or Djenne. They explore what we know of precolonial and later indigenous designed landscapes, how these landscapes were understood in the colonial era, and how they are being recuperated today for nation building, identity formation, and cultural affirmation. Contributors engage with the most critical issues in preservation today, from the conflicts between cultural heritage and biodiversity protection to the competition between local and international heritage agendas."--Provided by publisher

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