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French archaeological mission of Gedi (Kenya, July - August 1999) Preliminary report By Stéphane 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 a ...

 Red List of African Archaeological Cultural Objects at Risk Liste Rouge des objets archéologiques Africains en péril  Red List of Latin American Cultural Objects at Risk Lista Roja de bienes culturales latinoamericanos en peligro Liste Rouge des biens culturels d'Amérique latine en danger  Emergency Red List of Iraqi Antiquities at Risk Liste Rouge d'urgence des antiquités Irakiennes en péril قائمة‭ ‬الطوارئ‭ ‬الحمراءللآثار‭ ‬العراقية‭ ‬المعرضة‭ ‬للخطر

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 ha ...

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 im ...

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, N ...

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 last updated 23/02/2006 top of page

Home | Subsccribe | News | Shop | TV | Events | Links | Contact | Free Info | Advertise | Search A publication of the Archaeological Institute of America 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 w ...

*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 prospero ...

| what's new | announcements | public programs | | website information & statistics | copyrights & permissions | comments | | website navigational aid | THE NUBIA SALVAGE PROJECT INTRODUCTION 1987 Exhibition Brochure - NUBIA "Its glory and its people" 1992 Exhibition Brochure - VANISHED KINGDOMS OF THE NILE: The Rediscovery of Ancient Nubia INTRODUCTION The Oriental Institute participated in the UNESCO international salvage excavation project in the reservoir area ...

Urban Origins in Eastern and Southern Africa Summary Publications UPPSALA UNIVERSITET : Arkeologi och Antik historia : Afrikansk och jämförande 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 publi ...

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. The 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 sw ...