Courses

The course covers the origins and development of various groups of people and their lifestyles during prehistoric times in West Africa against the background of a changing natural environment.  Themes include hunter-gatherer and food-producing economies...

The course will guide the student to understand what ethno-archaeology is, and to acquire skills, which would enable her or him to practice it.  Following a general discussion of its background, the student will be introduced to key concepts, theories,...

The course will guide the students to have a clear understanding of the nature and purpose of Archaeology.  Through formal lectures, group presentations and class discussions, students will learn specific methods and strategies archaeologists employ to...

The course will enable the student to understand the inception of present-day complex societies of West Africa and how they evolved, and their vicissitudes in the period 500 B.C. to A.D. 1950.  Themes include general characteristics of West African...

This course deals with the interaction between people and their ever-changing environment.  It is aimed at making cultural behaviour intelligible by relating it to the physical world in which it develops.  Topics include human settlement behaviour,...

The course will examine the environmental, social and cultural dynamics that led to urbanism and other aspects of cultural transformation in Africa before the advent of European colonialism. Topics include concepts of civilization, civilization of Africa,...

The course traces bio-cultural and social developments in Africa from the earliest times, including the beginnings of  domestication and settled life. Hominid sites and the Stone Age sequence in Africa, the ecology of early human forms, prehistoric art...

The course will guide the student to understand the evolution of human beings, and the spread of early peoples across Africa, Europe, Asia, the Americas and Australia. It will deal with environmental, demographic, technological, economic and other changes by...

The course outlines the framework within which archaeologists work, and also examines the methods, goals and theoretical concepts used in accomplishing the task of reconstructing and explaining past behaviour patterns. It deals with the nature, origins and...

The course examines the role archaeology plays in our understanding of the rich African cultural heritage.  Emphasis is placed on Archaeological, historical and the ethnographic evidence and topics include a definition of the African cultural heritage,...