About

CURRENT RESEARCH

• The Gonja Kingdom Archaeological Project: A regional Archaeological Approach, since 2019
• Archaeology, Heritage and Tourism of Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary, Central Ghana, since 2014 (with Professor Benjamin W. Kankpeyeng)

Education

EDUCATION

• 2018 to present: PhD Candidate  in Anthropology, Syracuse University, USA.
• 2021: MA in Anthropology, Syracuse University, USA.
• 2013: MPhil in Archaeology, University of Ghana, Legon.
• 2010: BA in Archaeology with Psychology, University of Ghana, Legon.

COURSES TAUGHT

• ARCH 212: Foundations of Old and New World Civilizations
• ARCH 213: Human Origins and Cultural Foundations in Africa
• ARCH 213: Public Policy and Heritage Management in Ghana
• ARCH 329: Archaeology and Tourism in Ghana
• ARCH 424: Cultural Resource Management in Ghana
• ARCH 435: Landscape Archaeology

Research Interest

RESEARCH INTEREST

• Landscape Archaeology and Regional Archaeological Studies
• Sociopolitical Complexity in pre-Atlantic and Atlantic periods

Publications

PUBLISHED RESEARCH WORKS

• Magnavita, Carlos, Friedrich Lüth and SiawAppiah-Adu (2018) First Trial Geophysical Survey at kintampo Open-Air Sites: Results, Recommendation and Research Prospects. Journal of African Archaeology 16: 1-11.
• Appiah-Adu, Siaw (2016) Report on 2012/2013 Preliminary Archaeological Survey of Hambuikong in Komaland, Northern Region, Ghana. Nyame Akuma bulletin 85: 93-103.

NEWSLETTER ARTICLES

• Appiah-Adu, Siaw, Oluseyi A. Odunyemi, Samuel Amartey and David A. Okanlawon (2021) Pandemic or “Plandemic”: Graduate Study and Research in the COVID Era. Society of Black Archaeologists Newsletter 21-23.
• Appiah-Adu, Siaw (2016) The ACU – Broadening Horizon: Report by Siaw Appiah-Adu (University of Ghana). The Association of Commonwealth Universities Bulletin 187:14.
• Appiah-Adu, Siaw (2016) Association of Commonwealth Universities Awards Early Career Academic Grant to Faculty Members: Report by Siaw Appiah-Adu. University of Ghana Research Report 2014/2015, pp. 28.

ACADEMIC REPORTS: Field Reports

• Appiah-Adu, Siaw (2020) Report on Preliminary Investigation at Kadelso Mound-Sites, Northern Ghana. Unpublished Report. Ghana Museums and Monuments Board.
• Appiah-Adu, Siaw, Benjamin Kankpeyeng and Bossman Murray (2018) Archaeological Reconnaissance: Potential Impact of mining on Archaeological and Cultural Resources in Tribune Mining Concession, Gyapa in Western, Ghana. Unpublished Report. African Environmental Research Consult Limited.
• Magnavita, Carlos, Siaw Appiah-Adu & Friedrich Lüth (2016) Report on Preliminary Fieldwork at the Kintampo Sites of Ntereso and Birimi, Northern Region, Ghana. Unpublished report, Ghana Museums and Monuments Board.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED TALKS

• Maximizing Graduate Research in the Pandemic at the Panel Discussion – “Pivoting Anthropological Research During COVID-19 Panel”, Anthropology Department, Syracuse University, USA. April 8, 2021. Moderated by Professor Robert Rubinstein. 

Author: Siaw Appiah-Adu

• An Unexplored Past: Challenges and Prospects for Studying Exchange, Contact and Settlement at the Kadelso Mound-Site, Northern Ghana atthe “Spotlight on Africa: 2019 Summer Research Grants” (Maxwell African Scholars Union), Syracuse University, USA. October 31, 2019.

Author: Siaw Appiah-Adu

• Preliminary Investigations of Kadelso-Alipe mounds, Northern Ghana at the “Interdisciplinary Colloquium: Discovering Ghana’s Past”, Syracuse University, USA. February 22, 2019.

Author(s): Siaw Appiah-Adu

• The Tales of Komaland: A Matter of Scientific Debate at the “Crossroad Archaeology: Global Narratives of Local Encounter. A Memorial Conference for Professor Klavs Randsborg (1994-2016)”, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. October 26-29, 2017.

Author(s): Siaw Appiah-Adu

• Public Archaeology as a Tool for Information Dissemination and Conflict Resolution: A Case of Boabeng and Fiema Communitiesat the “15th Colloquium of the West African Archaeology Association”. July 10-14, 2017. 

Author(s): Siaw Appiah-Adu, Benjamin W. Kankpeyeng and Daniel Kumah 

• Mathematics in Archaeology: A New approach to the calculation of Areas and Volumes of Mounds at the “23rd Biennial Conference of the Society of Africanist Archaeologists”, University of Toulouse-Jean Juarès, France. June 26 – July 2, 2016. 

Author(s): Siaw Appiah-Adu

• Archaeology in the “Overseas”, Northern Region, Ghana: Challenges and Prospects at the “2nd International Conference on Promoting Humanities Research for development in Africa”, University of Ghana. June 15-17, 2016.

Author(s): Siaw Appiah-Adu and Samuel N. Nkumbaan.

• Unexplored Deep Past: Challenges and Opportunitiesat an “invited talk/Seminar”, University of Liverpool, October 2015.

Author(s): Siaw Appiah-Adu

GRANTS/AWARDS

• 2021     Sankofa Graduate Research Funds (French Embassy), USD 1,600.00
• 2021     Roscoe Martin Funds for Graduate Research, USD 1,200.00
• 2021     Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research, USD 5,000.00
• 2021     Maxwell African Scholars Union Grant, USD 2,500.00
• 2020     Roscoe Martins Funds for Graduate Research, USD 1,200.00
• 2020     Maxwell Dean’s Summer Fellowship, USD 4,533.00
• 2019     Maxwell African Scholars Union Grant, USD 2,500.00
• 2019     Maxwell Dean’s Summer Fellowship, USD 4,411.00
• 2018     Wacam – Ghana, USD 700.00. 
• 2017     Wacam – Ghana, USD 800.00.
• 2016     University of Ghana Conference Grant, USD 1,000.00
• 2016     University of Ghana Research Fund, USD 1,600.00
• 2015     Association of Commonwealth Universities (Early Career Academic grant), GBP 2,000.00.
• 2012     French Institute of Research in Africa (IFRA), USD 500.00.

EXHIBITION

• Kasana Museum of Slavery and Culture, 2008
• Frendensborg Fort Exhibition at the Ghana Museums, Accra, 2010

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• Society of Africanists Archaeologists (SAFA): 2013-present
• West African Archaeological Association (WAAA): 2016-present

Conference planning committee member, 2017

• Society of Black Archaeologists (SBA): 2021
• Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA): 2021