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Book chapter | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | Prehistory and historical linguistics in Central Africa: points of contact |
Author: | David, N. |
Book title: | The archaeological and linguistic reconstruction of African history |
Year: | 1982 |
Pages: | 78-95 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | East Africa Central Africa |
Subjects: | African languages prehistory |
Abstract: | The author aims to summarize the results of recent archaeological work, to suggest points of contact with linguistic reconstructions and, since some gross aspects of economic prehistory can be inferred even at a preliminary stage of archaeological investigation, to raise important questions about the dynamics of the diversification and spread of languages. |