Daniel Kumah

Education
2017 – Present: Doctoral Candidate, University of Toulouse Jean Jaures, France
2012: Master of Philosophy, University of Ghana, Legon
2008: Bachelor of Arts, University of Ghana, Legon

Research Interest
Iron Age Societies, Urbanization, Trans Saharan Archaeology, Museums and Heritage Studies

Courses Taught
ARCH 321: Archaeology and the Natural Environment
ARCH 322: Archaeology of West Africa: ca 500 BC – AD 1950
ARCH 325: Foragers and Farmers of West Africa’s Prehistory
ARCH 406: Monument Conservation (co-taught)

Current Research
Begho Area Archaeological Project, Bono Region
Archaeology of gold and gold mining in Ghana
Archaeology of the Presta Area, Western Region

Publications

Kumah, D.
(Forthcoming). Early Trade and Urbanization in Pre-modern Ghana: The Begho evidence from ca 1000 AD to 1700 AD.
In K. Akurang-Parry, F. Biverideg, E. A. Ofosu-Mensah and G.A. Eyifa-Dzidzienyo (eds.).
A Festschrift: Contributions of Professor R. Addo-Fenin to the History and Heritage of Ghana. DIGI Books, Tema

Kumah, D., and Nyarko, A. E.
2018. Gold Mining and its Effects through the Lens of an Archaeologist: Experiences from the Prestea Area, South Western Ghana.
West African Journal of Applied Ecology, 26 (SI): 133-148

Wellington, H. N. A., Biveridge, F., Kumah, D.
2016. Iconoclasm, Antithesis to Cultural Heritage Conservation in Ghana – Case-study of Conflicts Typology in the Danish-Osu Heritage Setting.
West African Journal of Archaeology 46(1 & 2): 53-69.

Kumah, D.
2013. Awudua Past and Present: An Archaeological Survey. In M. Doortmont, P. Valsecchi and J. Anquandah (eds.).
The Ankobra Gold Route: Studies in the Historical Relationship between Western Ghana and the Dutch. Ankobra Gold R