Good things come to those who wait. The opening of the “Planet Africa” exhibition in the James-Simon-Galerie was a complete success for the international researchers and guests
Report on the Annual Meeting 2024 of the SPP which took place at the University of Cologne in mid January.
The SPP project DeGree participated in July 2023 with two lecture in the 21st INQUA in Rome.
Describing the conference experience in Frankfurt. In and beyond the conference room.
The project "The Lake Chad Region as a Crossroads" presents new research on the history of the Kanem-Borno Empire starting in December 2024 at the Musée National du Chad.
The 8th annual meeting of TANA, held in Ghana from February the 22nd to the 24th, 2022, was also attended by researchers from the SPP.
At the SPP annual meeting held on Jan. 10, 2022, participants were able to enjoy the research results to date, along with exciting new findings.
The remains of firewood, which was used at a daily basis in archaeological settlements, are indicators of the environment of a site and its changes due to climate and human impact. The first batch of SEM images of charcoal from Mege, Nigeria, was recently published in the webservice iDAI.objects. The open access images and data serve as a reference for colleagues and provide an introduction to charcoal research for young international scientists.
Entangled Africa' encompasses both the connectivity of people and the connectivity with and of ecosystems, plants, and landscapes. In the second meeting of the methodological working group "Natural Sciences", the course was set for collaborative research and data management across project boundaries.
Africa is an adaptable continent that has always been subject to strong climatic and economic changes – and still is today. From an archaeological perspective, Africa is a hotspot for research into environmental and human history. [...]
