Fig. 1 Thin section Changalane Fig. 2 Pottery survey Changalane Fig. 3 Pottery sampling Changalane In April 2023, a project meeting was held at the KAAK with project manager JörgLinstädter, cooperation partner Decio Muianga from the Eduardo Mondlane Universidadeand the project partners Martina Seifert and Sabrina Stempfle. The focusof the meeting was on the current […]

Fig. 1 Sorghum, a locally domesticated crop, is the most important staple food in Sudan Fig. 2 Cooking millet porridge involves several steps, which are often performed jointly by women Fig. 3 Sherds of Iron Age cooking pots sampled for Organic Residue Analysis Fig. 4 Examples of early Iron Age cooking pots, showing great similarities […]

Planet Africa – Archaeological Time Travel Meeting with Wazi Apoh at the KAAK Thematic modules of the Planet Africa exhibition African artists created illustrations for every thematic module “Planet Africa” is being created under the direction of Jörg Linstädter in collaboration with Gerd-Christian Weniger (University of Cologne), Wazi Apoh (University of Ghana) and the MVF, […]

Edo|cation: Capacity Building and Research in Nigeria After previous talks between Nigerian and German delegations on the restitution of the so.called “Benin Bronzes”, the work of the project “Edo|cation”, initiated by the Commission for Archaeology of Non-European Cultures (KAAK) at the German Archaeological Institute (DAI), begun with funding from the German Federal Office in 2022. […]

DFG Priority Program Entangled Africa Fig. 1 Archäobotanische Untersuchungen am Mikroskop Fig. 2 Sieben von archäologischen Proben Fig. 3 Probenentnahme von Sedimenten im Profil für mikromorphologische Untersuchungen Fig. 4 Magnavita; Bodenprospektion im Tschad The DFG Priority Program “Entangled Africa: Inner African Relations between the Rainforest and the Mediterrean, ca. 6000 – 500 Years BP” (SPP […]