SPP Annual Meeting 2024 in Cologne
Report on the Annual Meeting 2024 of the SPP which took place at the University of Cologne in mid January.
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Conference review: Society of Africanist Archaeologists (SAfA), Houston, Texas – June 1st-6th 2023
Detailed report about the SPP's contriubutions at the 2023 SAfA in Houston.
SPP Annual Meeting at the Goethe-University Frankfurt from 16th to 17th January
Describing the conference experience in Frankfurt. In and beyond the conference room.
“Oh how beautiful is Zanzibar” – Impressions from the 16th PanAfrican Archaeological Association Congress in August 2022
Some SPP members talk about their experiences on and alongside the 16th PAA Congress in Zanzibar.
Entangled Research – Entangled Africa: Report on the annual meeting 2021
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.
‘Entangled Africa’ engages in scientific exchange about the precolonial history of Africa
We have all lacked the opportunity to exchange with colleagues from around the globe in the past year due to home office work and the cancellation of conferences. But now new formats have been found. Three projects of the 'Entangled Africa' program were able to present their research and engage in discussion with colleagues and friends on the topic of precolonial African history in the scope of the multi-platform conference “Extracting the past from the present” organized by Birgit Ricquier and her colleagues. [...]
The young scientists of the SPP ‘Entangled Africa’
They are entrusted with routine work or are working on their academic degrees; you can find them in laboratories, on excavations and in the library: the young scientists of the SPP “Entangled Africa” are an essential part of the projects. The program offers them the opportunity to gain insight into methods of the diverse scientific disciplines, to exchange ideas across continents, educational backgrounds and educational levels. [...]
Wavy Line and Herringbone
Ceramic processing must be flexible, able to adapt to the conditions of excavation and object. At the same time, the records of those working on this find genre from different regions should be comparable. Done to speed up and standardize the ceramic recording on site, the elaboration of the catalogue was successfully completed. [...]
Pottery – The Devil is in the Detail
Object of the discourse was the range of various forms of decoration and techniques that have been listed in the individual ceramic assortments of the projects. The projects of the scientists are located in Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia and in the area of the Middle Niger in West Africa. [...]
Entangled Africa – networked in virtual space!
Initiated and organized by Friederike Jesse (Project 1) and Ulrike Nowotnick (Project 2), numerous representatives of our projects met for the SPP2143 on June 4th via conference call to exchange information about ceramic finds, their sorting and documentation. [...]