Samuel Gyam

Education:
M.Phil (2008) and B.A (1999), University of Ghana, Legon

Area of specialization:
Cultural Resource Management, Historical Archaeology, and contract/salvage archaeology

Courses taught:
Arch 421: Archaeological Field Methods & Techniques
Arch 422: Post-Field Laboratory Analysis
Arch 423: Ethnographic Field Methods & Techniques
Arch 325: Foragers & Farmers in West Africa’s Prehistory
Arch 214: Early Civilizations of Africa
Long essays supervisor

Current research:
Archaeological Investigation at Fort St. Anthony, Axim (Ghana). (On-going Doctoral Research)
The Gonja Archaeological Project: Collaborations between University of Ghana Archaeology & Heritage Studies Department and and Population in Africa laboratory, the University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Publications:
(Forthcoming) Fort St. Anthony and the Euro-Nzema Encounter at Axim – 1515 – 1780.
(Forthcoming) Denis Genequand,A/B Wazi Apoh,C Kodzo Gavua,C Marie Canetti,D Louis Champion,B/E Samuel Gyam,C Irka Hajdas,F Fabien Maret,G Christian de Reynier,H and Isabelle Ruben, 2020. Preliminary Report on the 2019 Season of the Gonja Project (Ghana, Northern Region). In SLSA (ed.): Jahresbericht 2019 Annual Report.
Genequand, D., Apoh, W., Gavua, K., Gyam, S., Hajdas, I, Locatelli, D., Maret, F., De Reynier, C., and Ruben, I., 2019: Preliminary Report on the 2018 Season of the Gonja Project (Ghana, Northern Region). In SLSA (ed.): Jahresbericht 2018 Annual Report (pp. 267 – 312 ).
Genequand, D.,…, Gyam, S., Hajdas, I, Maret, F., De Reynier, C., and Ruben, I., 2018: Preliminary Report on the 2017 Season of the Gonja Project (Ghana, Northern Region). In SLSA (ed.): Jahresbericht 2017 Annual Report (pp. 275 – 303).

Genequand, D., … Gyam, S., ……., 2017: Preliminary Report on the 2016 Season of the Gonja Project (Ghana, Northern Region). In SLSA (ed.): Jahresbericht 2016. Zurich and Vaduz, pp. 65–108.

Teaching philosophy:
This involves tailored lesson plans to meet students’ academic goals and objectives to become producers of knowledge rather than consumers.