Building technology and settlement planning in a West African civilization: precolonial Akan cities and towns
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1996
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| Physical Description: | XI, 217 S. |
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| adam_text | BUILDING TECHNOLOGY
AND SETTLEMENT PLANNING
IN A WEST AFRICAN CIVILIZATION
Precolonial Akan Cities and Towns
Tarikhu Farrar
Mellen University Press
Lewiston/Queenston/Lampeter
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
a
b
c
d
e
f
The Problem of Akan Origins
Political Organization
The System of Matrilineal Clans: The
Southern Akan/Northem Akan Distinction
Economy
Religion
The Typical Akan Household
II A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE THEORIES OF THE
ORIGINS OF AKAN ARCHITECTURE 43
a Theories of the Architects 44
b Theories of the Archaeologists 52
c Overview of the Theories 56
d A Restatement of the Problem 57
m SETTLEMENTS; STRUCTURE, HIERARCHY, AND
ARCHITECTURE 63
a The Structure of Akan Settlements 63
b Settlement Hierarchy 71
c Architectural Forms 80
IV THE TECHNOLOGY OF BUILDING 95
A A Survey of Building Technologies and Building
Materials 95
1 Building Materials 100
2 Earthen Materials 101
3 Plant Materials 103
B Building Processes 111
1 Timber Based Construction 111
2 Coursed Clay Construction 129
C Descriptions of Akan Building Methods in
Precolonial European Documents 132
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