The University Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) of Dakar, and Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire Cheikh Anta Diop (IFAN-CAD), are pleased to announce the joint organisation of the 13th PAA Congress (Panafrican Association of Prehistory and Assimilated Disciplines), and the 20th conference of the SAFA (Society of Africanist Archaeologists).

This unprecedented opportunity to bring together members of these two associations dedicated to African Prehistory, on African soil, will certainly represent a turning point in the history of African Archaeology. This meeting will be held from 1st to 7th November 2010 at the University Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar, Senegal. The conference, whose theme is "PRESERVING AFRICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE" proposes the following list of topics:

	Geology of the Quaternary
	Hominids Evolution
	Paleo-Environments and the peopling of Africa
	Prehistoric Art in Africa
	Transition from Stone to Metal
	Food Production
	Pastoralism
	Megalithism in Africa
	The African Iron Age
	Complex Societies
	Power, Society and State Formation
	New Research on Urbanization and Cities in Africa
	Historical Archaeology in Africa
	Recomposed Past: The Archaeology of Identity in Africa
	The Archaeology of Inequality: Gender, Class and Material Culture in Africa
	Population Movements in African Past: Rethinking Migration
	The Archaeology of African Diasporas
	Heritage Management in Africa
	Ethnoarchaeology in Africa: Beyond Analogy
	Matter and Techniques
	Experimental Archaeology
	African Languages
	Bioarchaeology
	Archaeology and NTICs in Africa

Participants are encouraged to propose additional topics and initiate thematic panels. Abstracts can be submitted in either in French or English at the following address:

Panaf / Safa2010
Laboratoire d'Archéologie
IFAN Cheikh Anta Diop
BP 206, DAKAR Senegal
Tel: (+221) 33 825 98 90
Fax: (+221) 33 824 49 18
Email: panaf2010@ucad.sn

DEADLINE: 30th April 2010

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