This ground-breaking volume pushes back conventional dating of the earliest sedentarisation, urbanisation and state formation in the Sahara.

Places burial traditions at the centre of Saharan migrations and identity debate, with new technical data and methodological analysis.

Saharan trade has been much debated in modern times, but the main focus of interest remains the medieval and early modern periods, for which more abundant writt

"This volume is the fourth and final volume resulting from a focused programme of research and intensive group discussion of a wide range of topics related to t

This volume investigates how the structure and use of space developed and changed in cities, and examines the role of different societal groups in shaping urban