About

Major On-Going Research Projects

• May 2014 – present.  Conducting archaeological, ethno-historical, ethnographic, and historical research along the Dixcove coastline (Western Region) and its environs to establish the nature, consequences, and impact of Anglo-Ahanta encounters on the interactants and the local economy of the region during the Trans-Atlantic contact period.
• June 2019 – present. Undertaking archaeological and ethno-historical investigations at Laloi East and Gao Lagoon; two prehistoric sites sandwiched between Kpone and Prampram Townships, specifically to establish the nature of the Late Stone Age in Southern Ghana and cultural lifeways of the prehistoric populations that settled on the sites.

Research Interest

• Cross cultural interactions between different populations and cultures, and their socio-economic and cultural impact on the interactants and the local economy.
• Cultural and Heritage Resource Management in Ghana.

Undergraduate Courses Taught And Examined

• Arch 211: Fundamentals of Archaeological Science, University of Ghana (Main and Accra City Campuses)
• Arch 212: Foundations of Old and New World Civilizations, University of Ghana (Main and Accra City Campuses)
• Arch 214: Early Civilizations of Africa, University of Ghana (Main and Accra City Campuses)
• Arch 322: Archaeology of West Africa 500 B.C. – A.D. 1950, University of Ghana (Main and Accra City Campuses)
• Arch 436: Introduction to Economic Anthropology, University of Ghana (Main and Accra City Campuses)
• Arch 427: Cross-Cultural Contacts and Historical Archaeology of Africa, University of Ghana (Main and Accra City Campuses)
• Arch 422: Post Field Laboratory Analysis, University of Ghana (Accra City Campus)
• AAS 263: Archaeology of the African Diaspora, University of Rochester, New York, USA
• AAS 273: Ethnoarchaeology of Africa, University of Rochester, New York, USA

Postgraduate Courses Taught And Examined

• ARCH 618: Issues in Heritage Management, University of Ghana
• ARCH 612: Applied Archaeology, University of Ghana
• ARCH 606: Indigenous Knowledge Systems of Ghana, University of Ghana
• ARCH 603: Advanced Field Methods and Strategies, University of Ghana
• ARCH 705: Advanced Archaeological Methods and Techniques, University of Ghana
• ARCH 712 Indigenous Knowledge and Technologies of Ghana, University of Ghana

Publications

Book

• Akurang-Parry, K., & Biveridge, F. (Eds.). (2024). History, Culture and Heritage of Ghana – Essays in Honour of Professor Robert Addo-Fening. Akurang-Parry, K., & Biveridge, F. (Eds.). Langa Research and Publishing, CIG. Mankon                      ISBN -10: 978-9956-533-68-6

Book Chapters

• Akurang-Parry, K. & Biveridge, F. (2024). Introduction: Professor Robert Addo-Fening and Ghanaian History, Culture and Heritage. In,
• History, Culture and Heritage of Ghana – Essays in Honour of Professor Robert Addo-Fening. Akurang-Parry, K., & Biveridge, F. (Eds.). (pp. 1–12). Langa Research and Publishing, CIG. Mankon.
• Gyam, S. & Biveridge, F. (2024). Unravelling the African European Socio-Economic Encounter at Axim through an Historical Archaeology Lens: 1650 - 1900. In, History, Culture and Heritage of Ghana – Essays in Honour of Professor Robert Addo-Fening. Akurang-Parry, K., & Biveridge, F. (Eds.). (pp. 45–72). Langa Research and Publishing, CIG. Mankon.
• Biveridge, F. (2017). Fort Metal Cross: Commercial Epicentre of the British on the Gold Coast. In Shadows of Empire in West Africa: New Perspectives on European Fortifications. (Eds.). John Kwadwo Osei-Tutu and Victoria Ellen Smith. (pp. 201-237). London, England. Palgrave Macmillan.
• Biveridge, F. (2013). Fort Elize Carthago Rediscovered. In, The Ankobra Gold Route – Studies in the Historical Relationship between Western Ghana and the Dutch. (Eds.). M. R. Doortmont, P.   Valsecchi, and J. Anquandah. (pp. 117–124). Accra, Ghana. Sub Saharan Publishers.
• Biveridge, F. (2013). An Archaeological Investigation of Wassa-Dutch Interactions at Awuduwa Dada and Fort Ruychaver in the Mid-Seventeenth Century. In, The Ankobra Gold Route – Studies in the Historical Relationship between Western Ghana and the Dutch.   (Eds). M. R.  Doortmont, P. Valsecchi and J. Anquandah. (pp. 125 – 142). Accra. Sub Saharan Publishers. 

Refereed Journal 

• Biveridge, F. (2021) The “Galamsey” Menace: Implications on the archaeological Record at Awudua Dada, Western Region, Ghana. Legon Journal of Humanities.  32 (1). pp. 103-133.
• Biveridge, F. (2021). An Archaeological Investigation of Laloi East Molluscs Site at Kpone, Ghana. Journal of African Archaeology. 19 (1). pp. 115–126.
• Biveridge, F. (2020). Deep Sea Fishing along the Dixcove Coastline: Fact or Fallacy? West African Journal of Archaeology.  50 (1&2). pp. 165–181.
• Biveridge, F. (2020). Body Scarifications of the Dangme People of Kpone: Implications for their Culture. Journal of Environment and Culture.   17. pp. 2–22.
• Biveridge, F. (2020). Archaeological Manifestations of Cross-Cultural Encounters along the Dixcove Coastline, Western Region, Ghana. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa. 55 (2). pp. 189–216.
• Biveridge, F. (2019). Ethno archaeological Clues to Stone Exploitation in Ancient Dangme-land, Greater Accra Region, Ghana. Legon Journal of Humanities. 30(2). pp. 35–78.
• Biveridge, F. (2018). Conscientious Achievements of the Dangme before the Atlantic Contact: Insights from Archaeological and Ethno historical Investigations at Sega and Kpone, Greater Accra Region, Ghana. Afrika Zamani. Vol. 2. pp. 1–25.
• Biveridge, F. (2018). First Results of Archaeological Excavations Conducted at Laloi East, Greater Accra Region, Ghana. Ethnographisch Archaologische Zeitschrift. 56 (1&2). pp. 255–274.
• Biveridge, F. (2018). Interim Report on Archaeological Excavations Conducted at Kpone West, Greater Accra Region, Ghana. Nyame Akuma. 87 (June). pp. 39-45.
• Biveridge, F. (2016). Trade Feuds and Armed Confrontations: Archaeological Indications at Forts Ruychaver and Eliza Carthago, Western Region, Ghana. West African Journal of Archaeology. 46 (1&2). pp. 36-52.
• Wellington, H., Biveridge, F., & Kumah, D. (2016). Iconoclasm, Antithesis to Cultural Heritage Conservation in Ghana: A Case Study of Conflicts Typology in the Danish-Osu Heritage Setting. West African Journal of Archaeology. 46 (1&2). pp. 53–69.
• Biveridge, F. (2016). Archaeological Perspectives of the Danish-Dangbe Encounter along the Eastern Coastal Belt of Ghana and their Implications for Understanding Dangbe Culture. Ghana Social Science Journal.  13(1). Pp.119–156.
• Biveridge, F. & Forson, A. (2016). Chemical Characterization of Ancient Pottery from Dixcove, Ghana, using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA). Nyame Akuma. 84 (June). pp. 55–66.
• Biveridge, F. (2016).   Early Dietetics of the Ahanta: A Case Study of Dixcove and its Neighbourhoods. Studies in the African Past. Vol. 12. pp.55–75.
• Biveridge, F. (2015).   Preliminary Report of Fieldwork Undertaken at Fort Battenstein, Butre, Western Region, Ghana. Nyame Akuma.  83 (December). pp. 40–47.
• Biveridge, F. (2014). An Archaeological Perspective of the Traditional Iron Smelting and Metalworking Industries at Ancient Dixcove, Western Region, Ghana. West African Journal of Archaeology. 44 (1&2).   pp.1–19.
• Wellington, H., & Biveridge, F. (2014). An Approach to Interpretation and Presentation of Tangible Cultural Heritage: The Case of Christiansborg and Fort Metal Cross in Ghana.  Current Perspectives in the Archaeology of Ghana. Social Science Series. 6. J. Anquandah, B. Kankpeyeng & W. Apoh.   (Eds.). University of Ghana, Legon. pp. 182–202.
• Biveridge, F.  (2011). Environmental degradation and Historical Tourism – the Dixcove Coastline as a Case Study. Journal of Environment and Culture. 8 (2). pp.12-26.
• Biveridge, F. (2011).  The Brakwa Earthworks: Preliminary Results of Fieldwork.  Ghana Social Science Journal. 8 (1&2). pp. 176-190.
• Biveridge, F.  (2010). A Study of Ancient Subsistence Strategies of the Coastal Dangbe of Ghana: An Archaeological Perspective. West African Journal of Archaeology.  40(1&2). pp. 49-73.
• Biveridge, F. (2009). An archaeological Investigation of Sega – An abandoned Dangme Settlement. Studies in the African Past. 8. pp. 38–64.
• Biveridge, F. (2009). Molluscs in Archaeological Reconstruction: The Kpone Coastline, Ghana, as a Case Study. Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology. 74. pp.25–35.