par de Maret, Pierre 
Référence An Archaeology of the Bantu Expansion: Early Settlers South of the Congo Rainforest, Taylor and Francis, page (83-102)
Publication Publié, 2025-07
Référence An Archaeology of the Bantu Expansion: Early Settlers South of the Congo Rainforest, Taylor and Francis, page (83-102)
Publication Publié, 2025-07
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| Résumé : | In recent decades, the Bantu Expansion has been the subject of renewed interest. New archaeological, linguistic, and palaeoclimatic data have accumulated, and recent developments in palaeogenetics have shown that it was indeed the result of a large-scale migratory process. These advances in our knowledge and this paradigm shift should lead to the re-examination of the numerous questions researchers had already been asking, and to formulate new ones. In what context did the Bantu-speaking people develop, and when and why did they begin to spread? What were the first stages of their movements, and what impact did they have on the different environments and populations they encountered along the way? To what extent is it currently possible to reconcile data from recent linguistic, archaeological, and genetic research? Does a probable catastrophic population collapse after the first stages of the migration process hamper the reconstruction of those early stages? These are just some of the questions we need to consider at this point. |
