CROSSROADS
"Crossroads of empires: archaeology, material culture and socio-political relationships in West Africa"
| Coordinatore | UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA
Spiacenti, non ci sono informazioni su questo coordinatore. Contattare Fabio per maggiori infomrazioni, grazie. |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | United Kingdom [UK] |
| Totale costo | 893˙161 € |
| EC contributo | 893˙161 € |
| Programma | FP7-IDEAS-ERC
Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) |
| Code Call | ERC-2010-StG_20091209 |
| Funding Scheme | ERC-SG |
| Anno di inizio | 2011 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2011-01-01 - 2015-12-31 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES
Organization address
address: Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 50 contact info |
BE (BRUXELLES) | beneficiary | 65˙804.40 |
| 2 |
MUSEE ROYAL DE L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE
Organization address
address: LEUVENSESTEENWEG 13 contact info |
BE (TERVUREN) | beneficiary | 49˙208.00 |
| 3 |
THE UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING
Organization address
city: STIRLING contact info |
UK (STIRLING) | beneficiary | 32˙883.60 |
| 4 |
UNIVERSITE D ABOMEY CALAVI UAC
Organization address
address: CAMPUS UNIVERSITAIRES D ABOMEY contact info |
BJ (ABOMEY CALAVI) | beneficiary | 9˙393.06 |
| 5 |
University Abdou Moumouni
Organization address
address: Rive droite contact info |
NE (Niamey) | beneficiary | 6˙469.04 |
| 6 |
UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA
Organization address
address: EARLHAM ROAD contact info |
UK (NORWICH) | hostInstitution | 729˙402.00 |
| 7 |
UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA
Organization address
address: EARLHAM ROAD contact info |
UK (NORWICH) | hostInstitution | 729˙402.00 |
Mappa
Word cloud
Esplora la "nuvola delle parole (Word Cloud) per avere un'idea di massima del progetto.
Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'Knowledge of the last 1000 years in the West African Sahel comes largely from historical sources, which say that many regions were ruled by vast polities. The aim of my archaeological project is to seize how, in fact, lhe 'empires' of this region structured the landscape, and the movemenl of peoples, ideas, and things, with a focus on the period AD 1200-1850. Is 'empire' really a useful term? I will confront historical evidence with archaeological data from one area at the intersection of several polities: the dallols in Niger. This area is rich in remains, said to result from population movements and processes of religious and political change, but these remains have been only briefly described so far. As this region is a key area of migrations and cross-influences, it is the ideal 'laboratory' for exploring the materialisation of contacts and boundaries, through a mapping of material culture distributions. My project will approach these sites holistically, carrying out archaeological regional survey and prospection. Excavation will indicate chronology and cultural affiliation. At lhe same time, I will take an interdisciplinary approach, using anthropological and oral-historical enquiries to obtain background information to test hypotheses generated by the archaeological data. Enquiries will assess how material culture can show group belonging and population shifts, and examine the role of individuals called 'technical specialists'. This will help solve the current impasse in our understanding of vast empires which, though they are historically known, remain poorly understood. My project will not just improve our knowledge of an almost-unknown part of the world, but thanks to its geographical location, interdisciplinary nature and strong thematic framework, open up avenues of thinking about the relalion between archaeological and historical data, the mediation of relations through artefacts, and the archaeology of empires, all widely-relevant research issues'