BlackReads Collection: Celebrating Black Stories
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The Riddle of the Rosetta: How an English Polymath and a French Polyglot Discovered the Meaning of Egyptian Hieroglyphs
HardcoverOriginal price $53.00 - Original price $53.00Original price $53.00$70.99$70.99 - $70.99Current price $70.99| /A major new history of the race between two geniuses to decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Eur...
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Historical Archaeology in South Africa: Material Culture of the Dutch East India Company at the Cape
PaperbackOriginal price $44.95 - Original price $44.95Original price $44.95$60.99$60.99 - $60.99Current price $60.99| /This volume documents the analysis of excavated historical archaeological collections at the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa to provide a rich pict...
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The Archaeology of Race and Class at Timbuctoo: A Black Community in New Jersey
PaperbackOriginal price $24.95Original price $24.95 - Original price $24.95Original price $24.95Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /Examining the historic Black community of Timbuctoo, New Jersey, this book illuminates the intersectionality of life at the village and the ways Bl...
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China and East Africa: Ancient Ties, Contemporary Flows
PaperbackOriginal price $39.99 - Original price $39.99Original price $39.99$55.99$55.99 - $55.99Current price $55.99| /China and East Africa: Ancient Ties and Contemporary Flows marks the culmination of a new round of archaeological and historical research on the re...
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Ancient Africa: A Global History, to 300 Ce
HardcoverOriginal price $27.95 - Original price $27.95Original price $27.95$41.99$41.99 - $41.99Current price $41.99| /A panoramic narrative that places ancient Africa on the stage of world history This book brings together archaeological and linguistic evidence to ...
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The Boundaries of Ancient Trade: Kings, Commoners, and the Aksumite Salt Trade of Ethiopia
HardcoverOriginal price $68.00 - Original price $68.00Original price $68.00$87.99$87.99 - $87.99Current price $87.99| /Drawing on rich ethnographic data as well as archaeological evidence, The Boundaries of Ancient Trade challenges long-standing conceptions of highl...
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Between Sahara and Sea: Africa in the Roman Empire
HardcoverOriginal price $44.95Original price $44.95 - Original price $44.95Original price $44.95Current price $40.99$40.99 - $40.99Current price $40.99| /Between Sahara and Sea: Africa in the Roman Empire challenges orthodox views of the story of Africa under Roman domination. It presents a new frame...
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Timbuktu Unbound: Islamic Texts, Textual Traditions and Heritage in West Africa
HardcoverOriginal price $44.99 - Original price $44.99Original price $44.99$55.99$55.99 - $55.99Current price $55.99| /Timbuktu Unbound: Islamic Texts, Textual Traditions and Heritage in West Africa is a cutting edge collection offering a reconsideration of manuscri...
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The First Black Archaeologist: A Life of John Wesley Gilbert
HardcoverOriginal price $37.99 - Original price $37.99Original price $37.99$39.99$39.99 - $39.99Current price $39.99| /An inspiring portrait of an overlooked pioneer in Black history and American archaeology The First Black Archaeologist reveals the untold story of ...
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The Archaeology of Harriet Tubman's Life in Freedom
PaperbackOriginal price $49.95 - Original price $49.95Original price $49.95$60.99$60.99 - $60.99Current price $60.99| /Harriet Tubman's social activism as well as her efforts as a soldier, nurse, and spy have been retold in countless books and films and have justly ...
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One Love, Ghoema Beat: Inside the Cape Town Carnival
PaperbackOriginal price $26.50 - Original price $26.50Original price $26.50$39.99$39.99 - $39.99Current price $39.99| /One Love, Ghoema Beat: Inside the Cape Town Carnival takes readers behind the scenes of one of the world's least known and most colorful carnivals...
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Living Ceramics, Storied Ground: A History of African American Archaeology
HardcoverOriginal price $85.00 - Original price $85.00Original price $85.00$106.99$106.99 - $106.99Current price $106.99| /The role of historical archaeology in the studyof African diaspora history and cultureExploringthe archaeological study of enslavement and emancipa...
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Living Ceramics, Storied Ground: A History of African American Archaeology
PaperbackOriginal price $35.00 - Original price $35.00Original price $35.00$49.99$49.99 - $49.99Current price $49.99| /The role of historical archaeology in thestudy of African diaspora history and culture Exploringthe archaeological study of enslavement and emanc...
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Archaeology and Oral Tradition in Malawi: Origins and Early History of the Chewa
PaperbackOriginal price $37.00 - Original price $37.00Original price $37.00$49.99$49.99 - $49.99Current price $49.99| /First comprehensive account of the origins and early history of the Chewa as revealed by oral tradition and archaeology that allows a more accura...
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