COURSE TITLE

100 LEVEL SERIES

200 LEVEL SERIES

Archaeology Theory and Practical

Con- current require

ment

Tuto

rials

Introduction to Archaeology Archaeology, its meaning, development and methods. Artefact study and

Museum

Environment and Humans Principal components of the

environment. The dynamics of ecological system with special reference to the human environment. Natural hazards.

The maintenance of ecological equilibrium humans' survival and

progress

Introduction to Primates and Humans

Biological taxonomy. Theory and

mechanism of

organic evolution .Primates, Classification, Distribution and development through time. Structure and function of the primate body Primates compared with humans and

other mammals.

Archaeological Theory and Practice Theories underlying the practice of Archaeology. Archaeology reconnaissance And excavation.

Interpretation of results And

publication

Fieldwork 1: Introduction to Excavation

Practical archaeology reconnaissance

and . basic surveying

ARC 221

or ANT 216

Early Human Technologies (Laboratory Course) Inorganic/ organic materials and technologies . A survey of techniques invented by humans for modifying natural and synthetic materials: < ceramics, glass, metal alloys etc. Theory and practical of artifact study: Manufacture, identification measurement. description

and illustration

Introduction to Environmental Archaeology

Origins of life and of the universe. The place of

Humans is nature components of the

Culture and Society

Culture, its meaning and significance Cultural

attributes and their dynamics. Ecology, language,

Hominid Evolution and Early Cultural Development

The place of humans in nature and humans'

Introduction to Ethnoarchaeology

Meaning and development of Ethnoarchaeology . Data: nature and problems of collection and interpretation. Inferring non material cultural patterns and processes from material remains.

Fieldwork 11: Archaeology

Archaeological surveying section and plan drawing. Practical methods of reconnaissance And excavation. Recovery and field preservation Of artefacts. Recording and

Cataloguing.

6 other ARC

Units

ARC 2 1 2

&

ANT

African Arts

The Arts of Africa from earliest times With particular reference to

Archaeology of Africa (Excluding West Africa) Man and his cultural development from Upper Tertiary through the Quaternary

Hominoid/Hominid populations, ecological

ARC 2 1 1

or ANT 2 1 6

Environmental Archaeology I

Basic concepts of palaeoecology Tertiary and Quaternary environments. Problems of stratigraphy, chronology and environmental reconstruction with reference to Africa, especially Nigeria.

Quantitative Methods in Archaeology

Basic statistical techniques. The application of complex multivarative approach in research

work.

Technology and Artefact Classification I

The analysis of the common artefacts "especially stone, pottery and bone via analytical chemistry, spectroscopic and radiographic methods.

Typological theory. Practical classification of assemblages. Replication experiments in the

study of artefact technology.

Conservation and Material Science

Excavation and Conservation, Physical and chemical deterioration of antiquities and its prevention. Uses of adhesives, consolidants and

solvents.

Primates and Humans

Classification and Evolution: Ecology and Adaptation within the Cenezoic.Diet and Behaviour. Humans and primates with respect to physical /adaptive and social characteristics. Locomotor and communication/defence habits.

Examining the evidence from specific sites.

Material Culture and Society

The study of material culture using archaeological

/ ethnographic data and replication experiments. Invention and manufacture of artefacts and structures. The relationship of material items to other facets of human behaviour.

Fieldwork II: Anthropoloqy

Aims, objectives and problems of ethnographic fieldwork Field methods - data collecting and

recording. Analysis and presentation of data.

Ethnoloqy of Rural/Urban Societies

Organization of resources at rural/urban level for economic and political ends. The regulators of resources; competition, with emphasis on local

level institutions in past and present day Africa.

Innovation, Chanqe and Development

Theories and methods of studying technological

and socio-cultural change with specific examples:

Peoples and Cultures of Africa

Language and Ethnic Groupings. Culture area. Cultural institutions and belief systems prior to colonial impact Cultural trends over the past 400 years.

ANT

328

African Anthropoloqicai Theory Identifying central features of the African perspectives on anthropological theory, comparing and contrasting them with other views of the human condition. European, Indian,

Chinese etc.

Phvsico-Chemical Methods in Archaeoloqy Geo-physical methods for site discovery and reconnaissance. Dating methods.

Physio-chemical analysis of materials Geo-

archacological techniques.

Fieldwork in Archaeology Supervision of Excavation, substantive recording of field and excavation data, practice in surveying, section and plan

drawing and reconnaissance.

Environmental Archaeoloqy II The philosophy and principles of environmental archaeology. The

environment and the evolution and development of hominids and of their cultures. Hominid activities in ecological context with case studies. Relevance of

environmental archaeology today.

Special Project: Archaeology

An extended essay on a subject in the field of Archaeology to be approved by the Head

of Department.

Technology and Artefact Classification II Application of Typological theory to archaeological assemblages. Advanced practical and comparative work in classification and replication experiments in

artefact technology.

Archaeology of West Africa and the Sahara The ecological background. Early stonejusing cultures. Food production and Neolithic Cultures. Metallurgy and its effects. Iron Age cultures and population

movements. Trade, Medieval States and

Applied Anthrooology

Use of ethnographic information for public policy formulation e.g. Public Administration, Education, Rural/Urban Development. The application of the media in Anthropology, eg. data gathering

teaching communicating with the

Fieldwork ill: Anthropology

Completion of ANT 317 project

Problems of Theory and Methods in Archaeology and Anthropology

The links between archaeology and cultural anthropology in areas of theory and methods especially in (a) epistemology and

(b) synchronic and diachronic analysis, and

implications for conceptualizations of social and cultural systems

Anthropology and Community Health in Africa

Population (community) health and its relevant anthropological theories of health and diseases. The prospects of the application of anthropological data in

public health care delivery system.

Family and Kinship 30 Family, descent and kinship as socio-biological systems in space and time kinship terminology and social relations. The role of kinship in social life.

Kinship as symbolic model.

Human Variation

Genetics and Evolution. Environmental background History of ideas.

Nature and extent of present day human variability. Language, race and

Culture.

Nigerian/West African Ethnology Comparative analysis of the socio-culture and cultural history of peoples

of Nigeria and West Africa, with attention to ethnological methodology

and dynamics of culture change.

ANT

429

Resources types in culture and nature. The significance and care of cultural resources, legislation. Design and execution of environmental assessments sites and resource surveys, resource management and decision on the quality of

contemporary life.