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7000 Years of History in Central Africa
Focuses on Gabon and Central African archaeology Has a list of journals which publish on African archaeology, bibliographies on archaeology in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon (books, articles, unpublished studies). Has the full text issues of Nsi, Liaison bulletin of the archaeologists from the bantu area. Site maintained by B.Clist, R.Lanfranchi and others. http://myweb.worldnet.net/~clist/AfricCen/

Full text research papers include:
African Timelines
Chronology with descriptions for Ancient Africa, African Empires, African Slave Trade & European Imperialism, Anti-Colonialism, Post-Independence Africa, plus Sources for Further Study. Site by Cora Agatucci, Associate Professor of English, Central Oregon Community College, Bend, Oregon. http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimelinetoc.htm
Archaeology Africa
Project of the Research Unit for the Archaeology of Cape Town (RESUNACT), Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town. Prof. Martin Hall heads the project. Involves primary and secondary schools in excavating sites. Includes a history of Genadendal, information on a walking tour of slave sites in Cape Town, extensive links to related web sites. http://www.archafrica.uct.ac.za/

ArchNet - African Archaeology
A collection of archeological web sites at the Univ. of Connecticut: http://archnet.uconn.edu/regions/africa.php3

Argos
Argos is a peer-reviewed, limited area search engine covering the ancient and medieval worlds. "Quality is controlled by a system of hyperlinked internet indices which are managed by qualified professionals who serve as the Associate Editors of the project."  Searches retrieve many archeological web sites about the Sudan, Egypt, etc. Based at the Univ. of Evansville. http://argos.evansville.edu/index.htm
Cape Town Underground
The Univ. of Cape Town's Research Unit for Archaeology, RESUNACT, focuses on 19th century Cape Town. The work incorporates literature, architecture, graphic art. A GIS database will be created, an occasional series is planned. http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/archaeology
Centro Studi Archeologia Africana
Based in Milan. Has been working in Mali and Eritrea. Lists their research projects, publications, has a few online photos of rock art. http://www.lucia.it/CSAA/
David, Nicholas, et. al. "Ethnoarchaeology Bibliography"
"Keyword Bibliography of Ethnoarchaeology and Related Topics" arranged alphabetically by author. Professor David teaches in the Dept. of Archaeology, Univ. of Calgary (Canada). His research interests include the archaeology of Africa and Europe. http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/faculties/SS/ARKY/ethnarky.html
France. Ministere des affaires etrangeres. Les carnet d'archeologie
Includes Les stèles du Sidamo en Ethiopie, Le site archéologique de Gism el-Arba in the Sudan. http://www.france.diplomatie.fr/culture/france/archeologie/index.html
Internet African History Sourcebook - Paul Halsall
Has full-text sources for African history arranged by topics. Includes the Black Athena Debate, human origins, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Islam in Africa, West African kingdoms, Great Zimbabwe, etc.. Maintained by Paul Halsall, Fordham University. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/africa/africasbook.html
Mali Interactive
Accounts of archaeological excavations and information on the people and culture of Jenné. The project leaders include Profs. Rod and Susan McIntosh, archaeologists, from Rice University's Anthropology Dept. U.S. A goal is to save archaeological information from destruction by erosion. Jenné is the earliest known urban settlement south of the Sahara and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Photos, news, teaching resources, information on Mali and archaeology. Links to a historical geography unit for grade 6 on Timbuktu and the Niger River by Ginny White. http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~anth/arch/mali-interactive/index.html
Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale/Royal Museum for Central Africa
Site of the well-known museum in Tervuren, Belgium.  Information on programs, exhibitions, publications, their Metafro InfoSys, "an on-line Web-based information system about the Belgian data resources related to Central Africa, including Angola, Burundi and Rwanda."
Email: info@africamuseum.be
http://www.africamuseum.be/
Old Bulawayo Project - Univ. of Birmingham, Field Archaeology Unit.
An archaeological research project at Old Bulawayo, the late 19th century capital of the Nbebele king, Lobengula. The project is run by the Univ. of Birmingham Field Archaeology Unit and Zimbabwe National Museums and Monuments.   http://www.bufau.bham.ac.uk/newsite/projects/OB/bulawayo.html
The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
Nubia Salvage Project. The Institute participated in the 1960s UNESCO effort to rescue archaeological sites from the rising waters of the Aswan High Dam. Artifacts recovered from that effort were presented in two exhibitions -
Nubia, Its Glory and Its People, 1987 Exhibition. Description and history by Bruce Williams.
Vanished Kingdoms of the Nile, The Rediscovery of Ancient Nubia, 1992 Exhibition. Includes an image of a Nubian princess ca. 1320 B.C.
Nubia Slavage Project: http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/NUB/Nubia.html
Photographic Archives. Seven historical photographs from the Sudan (Nubia). A sample of photographs taken by Institute expeditions in the early 20th century.
Sudan page: http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/PA/SUDAN/Sudan_Gen.html
Photographic Archives main page: http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/PA/OI_PA.html
Parsons, Neil - History of Botswana
An authoritative history by Professor Parsons of the University of Botswana, History Department. Includes Archaeology. http://ubh.tripod.com/bw/bhp1.htm
Pradines, Stephane - Ceramique en pays sereer et tumulus senegambiens / The pottery of the Sereer and the tumuli of Senegambia
Paper, in French, from the e-journal, Internet Archaeology, No. 3, Autumn 1997. There is an abstract in English. http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue3/pradines_toc.html
Schmidt, Nancy - "Africana Resources for Undergraduates: A Bibliographic Essay"
An annotated guide by Dr. Schmidt (former Africana Librarian, Indiana University) to print and electronic database resources. Includes Archaeology. Pub. in Phyllis M. Martin and Patrick O'Meara (eds.), Africa. Third edition. ( Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1995, pp. 413-434.)  "The author would like to point out that this essay, published in 1995 and written a year before, does not reflect some more recent publications and web resources." http://www.indiana.edu/~libsalc/african/schmidt.html
Society of Africanist Archaeologists
Has the table of contents of their journal, Nyame Akuma, from No. 1, 1972, information on their conferences, web sites of members, etc. http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~bornu/safa/safa.htm
Southern African Association of Archaeologists Conference, Johannesburg, April 2000
Has full text papers -
Timeless Time - Africa and the World by Martin Hall
Archaeology in the community: The legal aspects by Janette Deacon
Bones of Contention: The Kouga Saga by Johan Binneman
Thoughts on Archaeology and the African Renaissance by Aron Mazel
Paper by A. B. Esterhuysen
http://www.wits.ac.za/archaeology/conference/homepage.htm
Sudan Archaeological Research Society (London)
One page about the Society. http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/hatbat/sudan.htm
Thulamela - Excavating in South Africa
Pages by Marius Loots describe the excavations at Thulamela located in Kruger National Park. Artifacts from Thulamela date from c.1240 AD to 1630 AD. Thulamela is linked with Great Zimbabwe. Photos include gold jewelry and skeletons excavated by Sidney Miller and, 3 years later, by the Univ. of Pretoria, Dept. of Anatomy. There is one page on Mapungubwe, another gold site in South Africa. http://www.geocities.com/athens/6398/
Torres, Leida I - "The Black Presence in Antiquity: a Selected Bibliography" by Leida I. Torres and Andrea Only
Bibliography of books, chapters in books, journal articles from Howard University's, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center. [KF] http://www.founders.howard.edu/moorland-spingarn/Antiquit.htm
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
"The Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage... agreement, signed to date by more than 150 States Parties, was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO in 1972. Its primary mission is to define and conserve the world's heritage, by drawing up a list of sites whose outstanding values should be preserved for all humanity and to ensure their protection through a closer co-operation among nations."
Africa sites are in Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo-Kinshasa, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Senegal, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia,  Zimbabwe: http://www.unesco.org/whc/nwhc/pages/sites/maplist/africa.htm
World Heritage page: http://www.unesco.org/whc/nwhc/pages/home/pages/index.htm
University of Calgary (Canada) Dept. of Archaeology
The department has the following projects. http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/faculties/SS/ARKY/research.html
 
  • Maya-Wandala Project - Directed by Dr. Scott Maceachern, research in Cameroon and Borno State, Nigeria "to elucidate the historical relationships between populations found in this area today. [1992-93]...and earlier populations
  • The Ghana Ethnoarchaeological Project - Directed by Nick Gabrilopoulos, concerns fieldwork among the Tallensi and their use of space and the built environment
  • The Asante Archaeology Project - In Ghana directed by Prof. Peter Shinnie
Vansina, Jan - "Historians, Are Archeologists Your Siblings?"
 "All historians, whatever their disciplinary affiliation, can therefore learn a great deal from the practice of archeologists about the perils and the successes of reconstructing history from a varied lot of sources. Hence the contribution of archeology to the history of Africa is not limited to the discovery of new and complementary sources to be used by others, but goes to the very heart of the historical enterprise."  Article from History in Africa, 22 [1995], 369-408, republished on the H-AFRICA web site. http://h-net2.msu.edu/~africa/africaforum/Vansina.html
Weller, Doug - Archaeological/Skeptical Resources, Critiques of cult archaeology, Roman Britain links
Site to "expose 'cult' or 'fringe' archaeology." Includes the articles, "The Dogon Revisited," An article by Bernard R. Ortiz de Montellano, "The Dogon and Sirius: a summary" Summary of the arguments by Bernard R. Ortiz de Montellano. http://www.ramtops.demon.co.uk/index.html

 

 

 

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