Archaeobotany has significantly increased our knowledge of the relationships between humans and plants throughout the ages. As is amply illustrated in this volu

There is an essential connection between humans and plants, cultures and environments, and this is especially evident looking at the long history of the African

Kellis was a village in the Dakhleh Oasis in the Egyptian Western Desert inhabited continuously from the first to the late fourth century AD. Previously unexcav

The Old African tells the story of his original capture into slavery, and then leads a group of slaves back to the homeland.

This edited volume addresses the root causes of Africa's persistent poverty through an investigation of its longue durée history. It interrogates the African p