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		'+' ^Votes:0 French archaeological mission of Gedi (Kenya, July - August 1999) Preliminary report By St?phane Pradines Paris, 25/02/00 Don't forget to quote : Pradines? 2000 Click on the figure number or on the text to see the pictures in the French version Introduction In the framework of a doctorate on Swahili fortifications, we have decided to undertook new archaeological excavations on the medieval site of Gedi in Kenya. This site has been chosen for the quality of conservation of its architectural vestiges, notably of its two town walls, its important surface of more than 18 hectares and its long duration of occupation from the XI th ? to the beginning of the XVII th century. More, our logistics has been facilitated by the National Museum of Kenya infrastructure implanted on the site, recorded as Read More Go to Site


		Archaeology in NE Nigeria ^Votes:0 Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-UniversitÄt Frankfurt am Main Sonderforschungsbereich 268 a project funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Teilprojekt C7 Archaeological research in Northeastern Nigeria Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-UniversitÄt Seminar fÜr Vor- und FrÜhgeschichte ArchÄologie und ArchÄobotanik Afrikas Robert-Mayer-Str. 1 D-60054 Frankfurt am Main Tel./Fax: 0049-(0)69-28582 Anthropomorphic clay figurine from settlement mound of Mege, Ngala LGA, Borno State, Nigeria Since 1991 the Africa section of the Prehistory Departement of the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-University at Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is engaged in research in Northeastern Nigeria , specifically Borno and Yobe States . During various fieldtrips a large number of sites have been sampled. Research concentrated on three a Read More Go to Site

		Arkeologi och antik historia ^Votes:0 UPPSALA UNIVERSITET : Arkeologi och antik historia : Afrikansk och jÄmfÖrande arkeologi Hoppa Över lÄnkar Hem Forskning Grundutbildning Personal Kontakt Seminarier Publikationer African and Comparative Archaeology Visitors Projects Theses in digital format Zanzibar excavation Nordic Network for Bolivian Archaeology and Early History Raj Somadeva investigating a new site on the northwestern frontier of ancient Ruhuna which has great archaeological potential for research on hunter-gatherer agriculture transition in Sri Lanka. Photo: R. Somadeva. På svenska Munyaradze Manyanga successfully defended his doctoral thesis on Nov 10th, 2006. Examiner: Alinah Segobye, University of Botswana. Photo: K-J. Lindholm. ©-2005. UPPSALA UNIVERSITET, Arkeologi och antik historia, Box 626, 751 26 Uppsala \| U Read More Go to Site

		Axum Obelisk To Go Home ^Votes:0 Home \| Subsccribe \| News \| Shop \| TV \| Events \| Links \| Contact \| Free Info \| Advertise \| Search A publication of the Archaeological Institute of America Email this article Axum Obelisk To Go Home May 27, 1998 by Angela M.H. Schuster A 180-ton funerary monument known as the Axum Obelisk, which has graced Rome's Piazza di Porta Capena for more than 60 years, is to be returned to Ethiopia. Taken by the Fascists in 1936, the 74-foot-tall monument is one of a group of six obelisks erected at Axum when Ethiopia adopted Christianity under the emperor Ezana in the mid-fourth century A.D. Returning the obelisk, however, will be no easy feat. When the monument was removed in 1936, it was in fragments, having been toppled during a sixteenth-century Muslim rebellion. Even then the sheer weight of the Read More Go to Site

		Lecture notes for 01 Feb 2000: The Later Stone Age and Origins of FoodProduction ^Votes:0 1 Feb 2000 The Later Stone Age and Origins of Food Production A rationale for studying African food production and its origins, and how the history of research on this topic affects what we know today. For many years, later African prehistory was neglected as a research topic, as those studying African Archaeology focused on human evolution and the hominid origins. Research on complex societies and early agriculture tended to concentrate on the Near East and other regions. In fact Africa has the potential to revolutionize broad theories about agricultural origins that have been built around archaeological data from other regions, because of several peculiarities about how food production came about on the African continent. A few of these: Food production was invented multiple times on the Read More Go to Site

		mahassurvey ^Votes:0 The MAHAS SURVEY PROJECT ( Khartoum University ) FOLLOW THESE LINKS FOR THE MAHAS SURVEY & SUDANESE ARCHAEOLOGY Rock Drawings New Kingdom & Napatan sites KEDURMA Post-Meroitic Medieval Nubia - the Christian period post-Medieval Project and related publications Research aims Project Support Archaeology Dept. University of Khartoum INDEX PAGE Sudanese Archaeology + some links Tombos Kerma Cultural Centre Site pages Arduan area map Fieldwork 2000 Fieldwork spring 1999 Nubian images Mahas Gallery 2 Rock Drawings Gallery Fieldwork 2003 Fieldwork 2002 History & Oral Traditions Online Project 1990 -1991 - 2000 - 2002 reports as .pdfs Survey reports The 'Mahas Survey' is a University of Khartoum project undertaking a regional study of the archaeology and long-term history of the Mahas region of Mi Read More Go to Site

		N.Afr.Archaeobot.Proc ^Votes:0 Ethnoarchaeological Approaches to the Study of Prehistoric Agriculture in the Ethiopian Highlands by: A.C. D'Andrea D.E. Lyons Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Mitiku Haile Mekelle University College, Mekelle, Ethiopia. E.A. Butler Institute of Archaeology, University College, London, UK. This paper can be found in The Exploitation of Plant Resources in Ancient Africa , edited by Van der Veen. Kluwer Academic: Plenum Publishers, New York, 1999. ABSTRACT This paper reports on the preliminary results of an ethnoarchaeological project underway in the highlands of northeastern Ethiopia. The work is based at Adi Ainawalid, a small farming village located about 20 km northwest of Mekelle in south-central Tigrai. Investigations are focussing o Read More Go to Site

		Nubia/Sudan Archaeology/Mahas Survey ^Votes:0 EXPLORING NUBIA The Archaeology, History & Culture of Nubia and northern Sudan . Archaeology in Sudan The Mahas Survey Mahas 2002 and 2003 reports Mahas History & Oral Traditions Online Project 1990 -1991 - 2000 - 2002 reports as .pdfs Survey reports last updated 22/07/2007 top of page Read More Go to Site

		Oriental Institute \| The Nubia Salvage Project ^Votes:0 Visit Us \| Contact Us \| Get Involved \| Calendar of Events \| Order Online \| What's New The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Featured Event: European Cartographers and The Ottoman World 1500–1750: Maps from The Collection of O.J. Sopranos November 2, 2007–March 2, 2008 The Oriental Institute 2008 Calendar is now for sale in our Museum Store, the Suq. Explore the ancient Near East and find lesson plans using the Teacher Resource Center. OI members get a 10% discount in the Suq gift shop EVERY DAY! The Oriental Institute offers correspondence courses throughout the year. Shop at the Suq for everything from Oriental Rugs to Nubian tea! Learn about the ancient Near East through an Adult Education course. Enjoy a free documentary film on the ancient Near East as part of Read More Go to Site

		Riddle of Great Zimbabwe ^Votes:0 Home \| Subsccribe \| News \| Shop \| TV \| Events \| Links \| Contact \| Free Info \| Advertise \| Search A publication of the Archaeological Institute of America Email this article Riddle of Great Zimbabwe Volume 51 Number 4, July/August 1998 by Roderick J. Mcintosh Among the gold mines of the inland plains between the Limpopo and Zambezi rivers [there is a]...fortress built of stones of marvelous size, and there appears to be no mortar joining them.... This edifice is almost surrounded by hills, upon which are others resembling it in the fashioning of stone and the absence of mortar, and one of them is a tower more than 12 fathoms high. The natives of the country call these edifices Symbaoe, which according to their language signifies court. --ViÇente Pegado, Captain, Portuguese Garrison of Sofal Read More Go to Site

		Sudanarchaeology ^Votes:0 NEW BOOK ' THE NUBIAN PAST ' - by David N Edwards ARCHAEOLOGY IN SUDAN The home of the earliest kingdoms and civilisations south of the Sahara , the rich archaeological heritage of Sudan and Nubia still remains little known. In a vast country, archaeological work is still thinly spread and under-resourced. Archaeologists are only at the very beginning of the study of the first great kingdom of Sudan at Kerma (c.2500-1500 BCE), the Kushite/Meroitic Empire (c.800 BCE-350 CE), the prosperous medieval Nubian kingdoms and the great Sultanates of Funj Sennar and Darfur of the post-medieval period. Unfortunately very little archaeological work has ever been carried out in southern Sudan so, as yet, we know very little of its early past. While the name ' Nubia ' is commonly associated with the Read More Go to Site

		Urban Origins in Eastern Africa ^Votes:0 Urban Origins in Eastern and Southern Africa Summary Publications UPPSALA UNIVERSITET : Arkeologi och Antik historia : Afrikansk och j?mf?rande arkeologi : Projects Urban Origins in Eastern and Southern Africa The Urban Origins in Eastern Africa project involved extensive training of technical and academic staff in order to enhance competence in African archaeology within the different institutions participating in the project. Several dissertations and reports have been published in the series Studies in African Archaeology which is distributed by the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University. The results from the Urban Origins projects are recycled and disseminated via the Urban Origins Follow-up project . Conservator J. Katana documenting the ruined mosque at Jum Read More Go to Site

		Welome to the Mali Interactive Project! ^Votes:0 From January 18-30 1997, the Mali Interactive Project was online from JennÉ, Mali, posting information on archaeological excavations and discoveries at the site of JennÉ-jeno and on encounters with the people and culture of JennÉ. T he archaeological site of JennÉ-jeno is located within a huge, seasonally flooded basin called the Inland Niger Delta, in the West African country of Mali. Every year, after the rains begin further south, where the mighty Niger River has its source, the swollen river rushes downriver (towards the north!). When it enters the flat, Inland Niger Delta basin, the waters spread out and flood all the lowest areas to a depth of 2-3 meters. The floodwaters cover an area about 300 kilometers long by 100 kilometers wide! Needless to say, people who want to live in the In Read More Go to Site

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