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African Cultural Heritage Conferences in Dakar, Senegal in 2010

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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