ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (AAN) CONFERENCE 2010

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20TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL
ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (AAN)
21st – 24th November, 2010.

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT/CALL FOR PAPER


THEME: ARCHAEOLOGY, CREATIVITY AND HERITAGE MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA

Sub Themes:

ARCHAEOLOGY
i. Archaeology in Diaspora: Origin, Development, Norms and Practices
ii. Stone Age Archaeology
iii. The Domestication of Plants and Animals
iv. The Age of Metals
v. Quaternary Geology and Paleo-environmental Studies
vi. Settlement Patterns and Urbanization
vii. Public Archaeology, Information Technology and Communication
viii. Ethno-archaeological Studies

CREATIVITY
A. Indigenous Knowledge
i. Sociology of Knowledge
ii. Indigenous Plants and Their Medicinal Values/Properties
iii. Indigenous Medicare system
iv. Indigenous Life-Stock Production and Management
v. Traditional Music and Dance (Ethno- Musicology)

B. Indigenous Technology
i. Iron-working Technology, Food-processing and Wine Tapping, Traditional Building Technology and Aesthetics (Mural Paintings)
ii. Indigenous Film Making
iii. Traditional Communication



HERITAGE MANAGEMENT
i. Heritage Conservation and Management
ii. Cultural/Heritage Management and Preservation
iii. Tourism

All abstracts should be send to the following addresses not later than the second week of July, 2010.

LOC WEBSITE: www.tournija.blogspot.com
EMAIL: aanc2010nsukka@yahoo.com

NAME: OKONKWO E. EMEKA (ICT Officer)
PHONE: 234-8038103599
EMAIL: mec_okonkwo@yahoo.com

Watch out for more information and please disseminate this information to other scholars.

SIGNED

E. I. ITANYI (CHAIRMAN, LOC)
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