The dynamics of household production and consumption in the nomadic context : studies of stylistic variation and change in the sedentarization process
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p.52 ; ill. (1988)Call Number:
VF-- ArchitectureKeywords:
Afar (African people) -- Dwellings., Camels -- Sudan (Region), Camps (Temporary settlements) -- Sudan (Region), Fula (African people) -- Dwellings., Gabbra (African people) -- Dwellings., Nomadic architecture -- Sudan (Region), Nomads -- Sudan (Region) -- Sedentarisation., Nomads -- Sudan (Region)., Orientation (Architecture) -- Sudan (Region), Saddles -- Sudan (Region), Tents -- Sudan (Region), Tuaregs -- Dwellings.Notes:
This is a preliminary version of a paper presented at the International Conference on African Material Culture, Bellagio, Italy, May 1988. The paper was subsequently revised and published as "When nomads settle: changing technologies of building and transport and the production of architectural form among the Gabra, the Rendile, and the Somalis, pages 73-102 in African material culture, edited by Mary Jo Arnoldi, Christraud M. Geary and Kris L. Hardin (Indiana University Press, 1996).This discussion of nomadic architecture is with particular reference to the Gabbra, Afar (Danakil), Fulbe and Tuareg.