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ISBN | 9789991642659 |
Format | PaperBack |
Language | English |
Year of Publication | 2020 |
Bib. Info | xxvi. 518p. Includes Index ; Bibliography |
Product Weight | 600 gms. |
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This is a story of human survival over the last one million years in the Namib Desert ― one of the most hostile environments on Earth. The resilience and ingenuity of desert communities provides a vivid picture of our species’ response to climate change, and ancient strategies to counter ever-present risk. Dusty fragments of stone, pottery and bone tell a history of perpetual transition, of shifting and temporary states of balance. NAMIB digs beneath the usual evidence of archaeology to uncover a world of arcane rituals, of travelling rain-makers, of intricate social networks which maintained vital systems of negotiated access to scarce resources. This is more than a work of scientific research; it is a love-song to the desert and its people.