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- Burials, Migration and Identity in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond
- Burials, Migration and Identity in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Burials, Migration and Identity
- Part I Burial Practices in the Central Sahara
- Part II Looking East
- Part III Looking North
- Part IV Looking West
- Part V Looking South
- Part VI Linguistic Aspects of Migration and Identity
- 14 The Linguistic Prehistory of the Sahara
- 15 Berber Peoples in the Sahara and North Africa
- 16 The Archaeological and Genetic Correlates of Amazigh Linguistics
- 17 Concluding Discussion
- Index
- References
17 - Concluding Discussion
from Part VI - Linguistic Aspects of Migration and Identity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 June 2019
- Burials, Migration and Identity in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond
- Burials, Migration and Identity in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Burials, Migration and Identity
- Part I Burial Practices in the Central Sahara
- Part II Looking East
- Part III Looking North
- Part IV Looking West
- Part V Looking South
- Part VI Linguistic Aspects of Migration and Identity
- 14 The Linguistic Prehistory of the Sahara
- 15 Berber Peoples in the Sahara and North Africa
- 16 The Archaeological and Genetic Correlates of Amazigh Linguistics
- 17 Concluding Discussion
- Index
- References
Summary
At the start of this volume, we outlined three main themes: burial archaeology, migration and identity. In this concluding chapter, we revisit these themes in light of the varied case studies and examples explored in this book.
We believe this volume illustrates that there is irrefutable evidence of links and connections that serve to define a Trans-Saharan zone at an early date. Migration and mobility created networks of connectivity and elements of a shared culture (koine).
Berber languages are still spoken across large swathes of the Sahara today and Ehret and Blench in their chapters both argue that this was even more pronounced in the past, albeit they propose quite different reconstructions as to when and how Berber migration occurred.Ehret’s analysis of the family of Berber languages and his ordering of these in relative chronology, in terms of degrees of similarity and difference, is an important contribution.
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- Burials, Migration and Identity in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond , pp. 525 - 548Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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