ARCH 322 — Archaeology of West Africa: 500 B.C. – A.D. 1950
Archaeology and Heritage Studies · University of Ghana
The course will enable the student to understand the inception of present-day complex societies of West Africa and how they evolved, and their vicissitudes in the period 500 B.C. to A.D. 1950. Themes include general characteristics of West African societies in the Iron Age, origins of copper and iron technology and their effects on local societies, megalith and tumuli sites of the Western Sudan, urbanism, and trade networks and contacts in West Africa.
- Credits
- 3
Other courses on this programme
- ARCH 111 — Approaches to the Study of the Past
- ARCH 112 — Archaeology and the African Cultural Heritage
- ARCH 211 — Fundamentals of Archaeological Science
- ARCH 212 — Foundations of Old and New World Civilizations
- ARCH 213 — Human Origins and Cultural Foundations in Africa
- ARCH 214 — Early Civilizations of Africa
- ARCH 321 — Archaeology and the Natural Environment
- ARCH 323 — Method and Theory of Archaeology
- ARCH 324 — Ethno-Archaeology of Africa
- ARCH 325 — Foragers and Far ers in West Africa’s Prehistory
- ARCH 326 — Public Policy and Heritage Management in Ghana
- ARCH 327 — Introduction to Theories of Culture
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).