“The History of Archaeology in Africa” with Professor Tim Forssman, University of Oxford
October 6 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Join us in MHRA 1215 for “The History of Archaeology in Africa”, a lecture by Professor Tim Forssman, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford.
This talk explores the development of the archaeology of the African continent through four broad historical periods. It considers how colonialism, independence, changing intellectual traditions, and African scholarship have shaped the questions archaeologists ask and the histories they produce, before turning to a broader question: why does archaeology matter in contemporary Africa?
This event is a collaboration between:
UNCG Archaeology Program
AIA Greensboro
UNCG Department of Ancient Mediterranean Studies & Archaeology
UNCG African American & African Diaspora Studies Program
UNCG Department of History
Tim Forssman specialises in the archaeology of southern Africa’s late Holocene, focusing on the relationships between forager and farmer communities and the emergence of regional political formations. His work uses landscape archaeology to study settlement dynamics, social interactions, and the development of state-level societies, integrating survey, excavation, and artefact analysis to refine long-standing historical sequences. University of Oxford