New edition with a new Prologue by the author
An Archaeology of Elmina examines a complex African settlement on the coast of present-day Ghana from the fifteenth through the nineteenth centuries using the archaeological record, European narratives and indigenous oral histories. Placing the site in broader context as the first European trading post in sub-Saharan Africa, Christopher DeCorse explores the developments there in light of Portuguese, Dutch, and British expansion and illustrates remarkable cultural continuity in the midst of technological change.
Originally published by Smithsonian Institution Press in 2001.
- ISBN10 1734281820
- ISBN13 9781734281828
- Publish Date 31 March 2022
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Eliot Werner Publications Inc
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 308
- Language English