TY - BOOK ID - 4861334 TI - Outsiders and strangers : an archaeology of liminality in West Africa PY - 2013 SN - 0199697744 9780199697748 1299924212 0191804894 019166779X PB - Oxford : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Rites and ceremonies KW - Liminality KW - Rites et cérémonies KW - Liminalité KW - Africa, West KW - Afrique occidentale KW - Antiquities. KW - Civilization. KW - Antiquités KW - Civilisation KW - Rites et cérémonies KW - Liminalité KW - Antiquités KW - Ceremonies KW - Cult KW - Cultus KW - Ecclesiastical rites and ceremonies KW - Religious ceremonies KW - Religious rites KW - Rites of passage KW - Traditions KW - Ritualism KW - Manners and customs KW - Mysteries, Religious KW - Ritual KW - Anthropology KW - Psychology KW - Africa, Western KW - West Africa KW - Western Africa KW - Social life and customs. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4861334 AB - Studies of liminality have a long history in anthropology. In archaeology, identifying past people - rather than faceless entities - through material culture is still a work in progress, but a project that has seen increased attention in recent years. Focusing on West Africa, this book argues that we should explore what happens when the primary label assigned to a person's identity is that of an outsider - when he or she is of, but not in, society. ER -