| Affiliations: | Race and Ethnic Studies Research Leadership |
| Project Leader: | Megan Crutcher crutcherm@tamu.edu Anthropology |
| Faculty Mentor: | B. Kofi Nutor, Ph.D. |
| Meeting Times: | Ideally Monday or Wednesday after 11am, specific time TBD |
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Team Size:
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8 |
| Open Spots: | 3 |
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Special Opportunities:
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Opportunities could include: presenting at local, national, or international conferences; co-authorship on publications (for significant contributions); likely to interact with historians, archaeologists, and community stakeholders from other institutions or international contexts.
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Team Needs:
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Required Skills: -Organized, professional, communicative, and creative; -Ability to solve problems with minimal supervision; -Enthusiasm and willingness to learn.It’s a major plus (but not required) if you have any of the following skills: -Fluency or familiarity with foreign languages, especially African languages; -Audio transcription experience; -Prior use of citation software such as EndNote, Zotero, RefWorks, etc.; -Knowledge of African history, archaeology, culture, society, politics, and/or economics. |
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Description:
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West Africans shaped our globalized, modern world, but the history and archaeology of many important places in West Africa have never been systematically studied. The goal of this project is to investigate the historical archaeology of several countries in West Africa using a variety of sources and approaches (such as oral history, museum collections, and analysis of archaeological and historical data collected in the field in West Africa).
Some of the collaborative, dynamic projects and skills our research team will work on this semester include: |