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P. Allsworth-Jones: The Middle Stone Age of Nigeria in Its West African Context

P. Allsworth-Jones: The Middle Stone Age of Nigeria in Its West African Context Afr Archaeol Rev (2020) 37:317–318 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-020-09367-w BOOK REVIEW P. Allsworth-Jones: The Middle Stone Age of Nigeria in Its West African Context Archaeopress, Oxford, 2019, 240 pp., ISBN 978-1-78969-138-2 Raphael A. Alabi Published online: 5 February 2020 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020 This is a very well-researched text on the Middle Stone geomorphology, vegetation and climate, environmental Age (MSA) of Nigeria in particular and West Africa in history, and archaeology of the region. It gives, in par- general. A text like this has been long overdue, and this, ticular, a very good review of the environmental history to me, is the first major attempt at synthesizing data on of the region, citing very recent developments and data. the MSA from different sites and parts of West Africa. A section on the manner of studying archaeology and Previous accounts have been reports on individual MSA the institutional frameworks in both Anglophone and sites, with little efforts at situating sites within a regional Francophone countries concludes this chapter. context, but the author in this volume pieced together Chapter Two takes a very critical and detailed look at the evidence for the MSA in West Africa. The book is http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png African Archaeological Review Springer Journals

P. Allsworth-Jones: The Middle Stone Age of Nigeria in Its West African Context

African Archaeological Review , Volume 37 (2) – Jun 5, 2020

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Afr Archaeol Rev (2020) 37:317–318 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-020-09367-w BOOK REVIEW P. Allsworth-Jones: The Middle Stone Age of Nigeria in Its West African Context Archaeopress, Oxford, 2019, 240 pp., ISBN 978-1-78969-138-2 Raphael A. Alabi Published online: 5 February 2020 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020 This is a very well-researched text on the Middle Stone geomorphology, vegetation and climate, environmental Age (MSA) of Nigeria in particular and West Africa in history, and archaeology of the region. It gives, in par- general. A text like this has been long overdue, and this, ticular, a very good review of the environmental history to me, is the first major attempt at synthesizing data on of the region, citing very recent developments and data. the MSA from different sites and parts of West Africa. A section on the manner of studying archaeology and Previous accounts have been reports on individual MSA the institutional frameworks in both Anglophone and sites, with little efforts at situating sites within a regional Francophone countries concludes this chapter. context, but the author in this volume pieced together Chapter Two takes a very critical and detailed look at the evidence for the MSA in West Africa. The book is

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