ARCH 427 — Cross-Cultural Contacts and Historical Archaeology of Africa
Archaeology and Heritage Studies · University of Ghana
This course provides insights into cross-cultural contacts and historical archaeology in Africa. The student will be guided to understand how cross-cultural contacts have influenced the evolution and development of various traits of the contemporary culture of Africans. He or she will be taught how to use oral, archival and other written data, as well as historical linguistics as adjuncts to the archaeological record and in the interpretation of the cultural heritage of Africa for purposes of social and economic development.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- ARCH 410 — Long Essay
- ARCH 422 — Post-field Laboratory Analysis
- ARCH 424 — Cultural Resource Management in Ghana
- ARCH 425 — Information Technology in Cultural & Heritage Studies
- ARCH 426 — Monument Conservation
- ARCH 428 — Human Diversity, Peace and Conflict Management
- ARCH 429 — Archaeology of the African Diaspora
- ARCH 431 — Introduction to Museum Studies
- ARCH 432 — Gender in Archaeology
- ARCH 433 — Palaeo – Historical Demography of Africa
- ARCH 434 — Popular Culture in Ghana
- ARCH 435 — Landscape Archaeology
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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).