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The Omo-Turkana area is unlike any place on earth. Spanning parts of Ethiopia, South Sudan and Kenya, the area is today home to a unique diversity of peoples and cultures. Extraordinary fossil finds from the locale have illuminated the evolutionary origins of our species and archaeological and historical evidence has demonstrated it has been a dynamic crossroads of peoples, languages and identities for millennia. Over the past two decades, development interventions have transformed the environment and presented a threat to local forms of material and intangible heritage. Many local groups now face challenges to the long-term sustainability of their traditional ways of life. This sumptuously illustrated book brings together a remarkable collection of the world’s leading archaeologists, ecologists, historians and ethnographers who specialise in the locale. Recognising the Omo-Turkana area as a crucial resource of global heritage, the authors also acknowledge its current vulnerability.

Table of Contents

Foreword – by Anthony, Lord St John of Bletso

Introduction

Part 1 Prehistoric Life and Environment

1. Hominins and First Humans in the Lower Omo Valley – by Alex Wilshaw and Marta Mirazón Lahr

2. Early Prehistory of Fauna and Environment in Mursiland – by Michelle Drapeau

3. The Middle Stone Age of the Omo Delta-Turkana Basin – by Huw Groucutt

4. The Later Prehistory of the Turkana Basin – by Alex Wilshaw and Marta Mirazón Lahr

Part 2 Pastoral Pasts – Entering History

5. Environment Histories - The Last 2,000 Years – by Graciela Gil-Romera and Miguel Sevilla-Callejo

6. Archaeology of Pastoralism and Monumentality in the Omo Valley – by Marcus Brittain and Timothy Clack

7. Global Artefacts The Pastoral Past in Museums – by Juan Salazar Bonet and Timothy Clack

Part 3 Pastoral Presents – The Mursi

8. Who are the Mursi? – by David Turton and Lugulointheno Jordomo

9. Colour, Metaphor and Persons – by Jean-Baptiste Eczet

10. Clay, Cosmology and Healing – by Kate Fayers-Kerr

11. Nomadic Traditions of Cattle Beautification The Mursi Example – by Timothy Insoll and Timothy Clack

12. Material Culture – by Juan Salazar Bonet

13. Lip Plates – by Shauna LaTosky

14. Identity Ceremony the Duel – by Tamás Régi

15. Local Economics Cattle and Crops – by Demerew Danye and Anastasia Novichkhina

Part 4 Exceptional Diversity – Omo Cultures

16. Omo Autonomies On Populations, Tribes, and Ethnicity – by Felix Girke

17. Linguistic Diversity – by Shiferaw Assefa and Marcus Brittain

18. Sacrifice and Stone Platforms in Bodi – by Lucie Buffavand and Timothy Clack

19. The Hamar Living By, For and With the Cattle – by Jérôme Dubosson

20. The Suri – by Jon Abbink

21. Kwegu Hunters of the River – by Lucie Buffavand

Part 5 Finding the Omo – Threats and Impacts

22. Written Past Explorers’ Histories – by Marco Bassi

23. Last Chance to See? Intangible Heritage and Responsible Tourism – by Tamás Régi and Timothy Clack

24. ‘Our Poverty will be Gone’ Hope for a Mursi Community Conservation Area – by Will Hurd

25. From Marginalization to Megadam Crisis The Dasanech and their Northern Turkana Neighbours – by Claudia Carr

Index