Ancient Middle Niger

The Cities Of West Africa''S Middle Niger Only Recently Brought To The World''S Attention Make Us Rethink The ''Whys'' And The ''Wheres'' Of Ancient Urbanism. They Present The Archaeologist With A Novelty; A Non-Nucleated Clustered City-Plan With No Centralized State-Focused Power. This Book Explores The Emergence Of These Cities In The First Millennium B.C. And The Evolution Of Their Hinterlands From The Perspective Of The Self-Organized Landscape. Cities Appeared In A Series Of Profound Transforms To The Human-Land Relations And This Book Illustrates How Each Transform Marked A Leap In Complexity.