Archaeology and Heritage of Africa
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Archaeology and Heritage of Africa at Coursera Overview
Duration | 17 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
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- Beginner Level
- Approx. 17 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: English
Archaeology and Heritage of Africa at Coursera Course details
- This course was funded by THE German foreign office and developed by the German Archaeological Institute (DAI), in collaboration with the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), the Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behavior (ICArEHB) in Portugal, and the Eduardo Mondlane University, in Mozambique, with input from experts around the world. Africa has a rich cultural heritage spanning tens of thousands of years, including the earliest known fossils of our hominin ancestors, abundant and diverse rock art sites and some of the oldest civilizations in human History. Would you like to know more about the new methods Archaeologists are using to studying Africa Archaeology? And to lear directly from case studies with researchers working in the continent? Are you interested to know the role local communities have in the preservation and protection of heritage sites? By enrolling in this course, you will have the opportunity to learn and explore these and so many other subjects in African Archaeology and Heritage and discover the rich and diverse heritage of Africa.
Archaeology and Heritage of Africa at Coursera Curriculum
Archaeology and Heritage of Africa
Introduction to the MOOC
Teaching resources and Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Course organization
About the course certificate
Solving doubts and technical issues
FAQs - General topics
FAQs - Assessments and Certificate
Introduction to Archaeology
Introduction to African Archaeology - part 1
Introduction to African Archaeology - part 2
Introduction to African Archaeology - part 3
Introduction into African Rock Art
Africa Physical Settings: Geography and Climate
Africa Physical Settings: Sources for understanding environmental change
Teaching team of the week
Africa South of the Sahara
Introduction to Archaeology
Introduction to African Archaeology
World Geography. Africa
Worldmark. Encyclopedia of the Nations. Africa
Africa Physical Settings: Sources for understanding environmental change
Reflections of week 1
Quiz 1
Introduction to Archaeological Methods
Introduction to Archaeological Methods. Part I
Introduction to Archaeological Methods. Part II
Archaeological Survey: Ground, Aerial and Subsurface Reconnaissance
Archaeological Survey using Mobile Applications
Archaeobotany: The study of Charcoal
Archaeobotany: The study of pollen
Animal Bones: Technology
Animal Bones: Function
Introduction into Lithic Technology
Introduction into Micromorphology
Introduction into the study of pottery
Archaeometry : The study of pottery
Human Remains: Introduction to Biological Anthropology. Part I
Human Remains: Introduction to Biological Anthropology. Part II
Human Remains: Introduction to Archaeogenetics
Rock Art Methodology
Introduction to Zooarchaeology
Introduction to Archaeological Methods
Teaching team of the week
Archaeological survey - Ground reconnaissance
Archaeobotany: The study of Charcoal
Archaeobotany: The study of pollen
Introduction into Micromorphology
Human Remains Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Introduction to Zooarchaeology
Introduction to Archaeological Methods
Archaeological survey - Ground reconnaissance
Archaeological Survey using Mobile Applications
Archaeobotany: The study of Charcoal
Archaeobotany: The study of pollen
Animal Bones: Technology and Function
Introduction into Micromorphology
Introduction into the study of pottery
Archaeometry : The study of pottery
Human Remains Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Introduction to Zooarchaeology
The role of zooarchaeology
Importance of geoarchaeology
The varied roles that animals play in modern and prehistoric societies
Reflections of week 2
Quiz 2
Heritage Management
Introduction to African Heritage
The Intrinsic value of Heritage
Heritage as a tool for Local Development: Sustainable and Responsible Tourism
Heritage Management in Namibia
Community Heritage Management in Namibia: The Daureb Mountain Guides
DAI networking in Africa
ICArEHB - Interdisciplinary Center for Archeology and Evolution of Human Behavior
Teaching team of the week
Walata y Tichitt
DAI networking in Africa (Lectures)
Digital Management of Rock Art
The relevance of prehistoric rock art in the present
Reflections of week 3
Quiz 3
Case Studies
Introduction to Module 4
Contacts of hunter-gatherers and early farming communities in todays Southern Mozambique
Cultivated Landscapes - Archaeobotanical research in the Westafrican Savanna
De-greening of the Sahara - Archaeobotanical research in Northern Chad
The Stone Age of Mozambique: Niassa & Massingir
The rock paintings of the Upper Brandberg
Teaching team of the week
Preliminary results from recent Iron Age excavations in Southern Mozambique
Rock Art in Mozambique
De-greening of the Sahara (Lectures)
The rock paintings of the Upper Brandberg (Lectures)
Compositions in the figural rock art of the Daureb, Namibia
Epistemic Aspects of Indigenous Knowledge and its Implications for the Archaeology of Prehistoric Human Tracks
Holocene high-altitude vegetation dynamics on Emi Koussi,Tibesti Mountains (Chad, Central Sahara)
Middle Stone Age starch acquisition in the Niassa Rift, Mozambique
Portable art and personal ornaments from Txina-Txina: a new Later Stone Age site in the Limpopo River Valley, southern Mozambique
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Reflections of week 4
Quiz 4
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