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Adi Ainawalid __ About ethnoarchaeological study at the village of Adi Ainawalid, Ethiopia. A brief page describing how current agriculture can shed light on prehistoric Ethiopia and the civilization of Aksum. Check out the rest of the website while you are here. - From Dr. A. Catherine D'Andrea - http://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/dept/fac_bio/dandrea/adi.htm
African Archaeology - The Search for the Beginnings of Humankind __ "About 3.6 million years ago, three early hominids were walking across the plains of what is now known as Laetoli in East Africa when the volcano Sadiman erupted, showering the earth with ashes. A light rain was falling at the same time, and as the hominids continued to walk, each footprint they made was cast into the mixture of muddy ash. When the impressions later dried, the result was two rows of footprints; apparently, two of the hominids walked side by side, the third, perhaps a juvenile, trailed behind the one on the right, stepping in the footprints of his predecessor...Three and a half million years later, these footprints were to be found by Mary Leakey..." and a fascinating story unfolds. - From Ted Wieman - http://www.utexas.edu/courses/wilson/ant304/projects/projects97/weimanp/weimanp.html
African Archaeology __ Encyclopedia article about African archaeology. Free access, no registration needed. What does African archaeology mean? What is African archaeology? these and many questions answered. - From thefreedictionary.com - http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/African%20archaeology
Archaeology in NE Nigeria __ Archaeological research in North East Nigeria - photos - Website from the University at Frankfurt - http://www.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/~sfb268/c7/c7.htm
ARM Campaign for Return of the Benin Bronzes __ Here is a multi-part page
about the controversy surrounding the Benin Bronzes and their return to Africa.
My inclusion of these pages does not constitute an editorial endorsement in any
direction. - From Africa Reparations Movement (UK) -
http://www.arm.arc.co.uk/CRBBhome.html
Die Kelders Cave 1 (Klipgat) __ About a South African cavern where people have
lived for at least 70,000 years. - illustrated - Grom south Africa Museum -
http://www.museums.org.za/sam/resource/arch/klipgat.htm
Djemila, Algeria __ "With Djemila, Algeria is a strong contender of having the greatest Roman ruins of North Africa. While the ruin area in itself is not one of the largest, it is often well preserved, and the adjoining museum, is virutally packed with excellent mosaics,- mosaics that so often else have been transported to national museums far away. Altogether, Djemila stands out as one of the best preserved Roman ruins of North Africa." This is an overview of the area. - map - From Tore Kjeilen - http://i-cias.com/m.s/algeria/djemila.htm
HomePage Redlist __ Learn about the problem of archaeological looting in Africa - By International Council of Museums - French or English - http://www.icom.org/redlist
An Hour in the Life: At Aissa Dugjé with Scott MacEachern __ "The first thing
you notice is that it’s hot. We’ve been at work since 6.30 am, but the coolness
of the early morning has burned off and it’s about 105 Fahrenheit already, and
hotter in the pits." Do things get better as time passes or ??? - From About.com
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http://archaeology.about.com/library/hour/blmaceachern.htm
Klasies River Caves __ "Beginning about 125,000 years ago, a handful of our
human ancestors lived in a handful of caves on the Tsitsikamma coast of South
Africa, near the small stream called Klasies River. The site located at the very
southern tip of Africa provides evidence of the behavior of Homo sapiens at our
very earliest moments of existence, and a slightly uncomfortable peek into our
distant past." A good review of the site. - From About.com -
http://archaeology.about.com/cs/humanorigins/a/klasiesriver.htm
Lancaster Ridge Graves Excavation - Second Report __ A follow up to the website just above - From Grinco's Archaeology - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6398/krug_2e.htm
Learning From Negative Evidence __ Read about archaeological research in the Oti River Valley in Northern Togo, West Africa. The area has never been archaeologically researched in the past. - illustrated - From UCLA - http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/ioa/backdirt/Fallwinter00/oti.html
Lepcis Magna. Between Late Ancient... __ Archaeological evidence of the city
of Lepcis Magna between ancient times and the Islamic conquest - By Spolia
Journal -
http://mediatel.it/liberliber/biblioteca/testiinhtml/riviste/spolia/spoliainglese/archeo1i/02i/lepcis.htm
Matara (Metera) __ Learn how a major archaeological site was damaged by war. "It
has now been established beyond question that the hawulti, or stela, the most
famous artifact from the Aksumite period city site of Matara (also known locally
as Belew Kelew), which contains probably the oldest extant inscription in the
Ethiopic language and script, was severely damaged by deliberate and wantonly
destructive action during the occupation of the site by Ethiopian military
forces." - photos - By Bruce Dahlgren -
http://hometown.aol.com/atobrukh/archaeology/matara/matarahome.html
The Nubia Salvage Project __ Website about archaeological salvage in Nubia, an area which encompasses most of the Sudanand a small part of southern Egypt - photos - From University of Chicago - http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/NUB/Nubia.html
Riddle of Great Zimbabwe __ History and research at the Great Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe - By the Archaeological Institute of America - http//www.archaeology.org/9807/abstracts/africa.html
Robertshaw, Peter. "Sibling Rivalry? The Intersection of Archaeology and History __ This important paper deals with the interaction of archaeologists and historians in the study of Africa. You will find that the controversy is as yet unsettled. - From H-Net, Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine - http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~africa/africaforum/Robertshaw.html
The Roman & Greek Ancient Cities __ Here is a brief overview of the ancient cities of Leptis Magna and Sabratha. Links in the text lead to additional information. - illustrated - From Cydamos Ltd. - http://www.cydamos.i12.com/page5.html
The Spread of Cattle Domestication Among the Mande Speaking People __ Learn about the combination of archaeology and linguistics in trying to solve a question. "Recent archaeological research in Africa suggest that although agriculture played a role in the spread of some African linguistic groups such as the Bantu and Cushitic speakers, cattle domestication led to the spread of other African groups across enormous parts of West Africa. This hypothesis suits the evidence we have regarding the spread of the Proto-Mande from the Saharan highlands in the east, to the shores of the Atlantic Ocean in the west (Winters 1986b)." - By Dr. Clyde Winters - http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Bay/7051/man1.htm
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