The Exploitation of Plant Resources in Ancient Africa

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Sorghum in the Economy of the Early Neolithic Nomadic Tribes at Nabta Playa, Southern Egypt

Chapter 3 Wild Grasses as ‘Neolithic’ Food Resources in the Eastern Sahara

Chapter 4 The Use of Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry in the Identification of Ancient Sorghum Seeds

Chapter 5 Ancient DNA from Sorghum

Chapter 6 Missing Plant Foods? Where is the Archaeobotanical Evidence for Sorghum and Finger Millet in East Africa?

Chapter 7 Early Plant Food Production in the West African Sahel

Chapter 8 The Exploitation of Wild and Domesticated Food Plants at Settlement Mounds in North-East Nigeria (1800 cal BC to Today)

Chapter 9 Indications for Agroforestry

Chapter 10 Ethnoarchaeological Approaches to the Study of Prehistoric Agriculture in the Highlands of Ethiopia

Chapter 11 The Ethnobotany of Lathyrus Sativus L. in the Highlands of Ethiopia

Chapter 12 The Agricultural Foundation of the Aksumite Empire, Ethiopia

Chapter 13 Wine Production and Consumption in Pharaonic Egypt

Chapter 14 The Food and Fodder Supply to Roman Quarry Settlements in the Eastern Desert of Egypt

Chapter 15 Trade and Subsistence at the Roman Port of Berenike, Red Sea Coast, Egypt

Chapter 16 The Use of Imported and Local Wood Species at the Roman Port of Berenike, Red Sea Coast, Egypt

Chapter 17 Charcoal from West African Savanna Sites

Chapter 18 Fuels for the Furnace

Chapter 19 Reconstructing the Woody Resources of the Medieval Kingdom of Alwa, Sudan

Chapter 20 The Selection of Plant Fibers and Wood in the Manufacture of Organic Household Items from the El-Gabalein Area, Egypt