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2025 Hallam L. Movius, Jr. Lecture by Louise Leakey, Director, Koobi Fora Research Project; Research Professor, Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University; National Geographic Explorer at Large Kenya’s fossil-rich Turkana Basin has been—for over...
Reviving the Past: !Khwa ttu Celebrates San Heritage with the Marshall Archive Exhibition
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"The !Khwa ttu San Culture and Education Centre near Yzerfontein recently celebrated a significant milestone in its ongoing journey to preserve and share the rich heritage of the San people. The centre recently hosted partners from the United States...
Video: Exploring Humanity’s Technological Origins
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Human evolutionary scholars have long assumed that the earliest stone tools were made by members of the genus Homo, 2.4–2.3 million years ago, and that this technological development was directly linked to climate change and the spread of savannah...
African Studies Workshop: There Is No Table for My Seat
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The African Studies Workshop at Harvard continues this year with a new and exciting schedule of presenters. See the Harvard University Center for African Studies for registration and full details. Presenting: There Is No Table for My Seat Khanyisile...
Exploring Humanity’s Technological Origins
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Virtual Hallam L. Movius, Jr. Series Lecture Advance registration required Register Sonia F. Harmand, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Turkana Basin Institute, Stony Brook University; Director, Mission Préhistorique au Kenya/West Turkana...
Manifest: Thirteen Colonies
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Virtual Lecture & Conversation Advance registration required Register Wendel White, Distinguished Professor of Art & American Studies, Stockton University; 2021 Robert Gardner Fellow in Photography, Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard...
Behind-the-Screens with Sarah Clunis
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Virtual Member Event Advance registration required. Not a member? Join today! See Harvard Museums of Science & Culture member benefits Register Sarah Anita Clunis, Director of Academic Partnerships and Curator of African Collections, Peabody Museum of...
Benin Bronzes in Context
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Left: Female attendant of the Queen Mother, Edo Culture, Benin Kingdom, Nigeria, ivory, Gift of Oric Bates, 16-43-50/B1479; Right: Head of an oba, Edo Culture, Benin Kingdom, Nigeria, bronze copper alloy. Gift of Oric Bates, 16-43-50/B1483. Free Virtual...
Audio: The Evolution of Big-Game Hunting: Protein, Fat, or Politics
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Our ancestors hunted big game for the same reasons some of us drive fancy cars or carry a designer handbag: status. The hunters were hungry for prestige, and the meat was a bonus. The Evolution of Big-Game Hunting: Protein, Fat, or Politics Hallam L...
Joana Choumali Named 2020 Robert Gardner Fellow in Photography
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The Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University, is pleased to announce the selection of the 2020 Robert Gardner Fellow in Photography. Following an international search, the Gardner Fellowship committee awarded the fellowship to...
Bibliographic References tagged with Africa
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Margaret Portia Mickey. 1950. Masks As Agents of Social Control in Northeast Liberia, Pp. 86. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press
Margaret Portia Mickey. 1950. Masks As Agents of Social Control in Northeast Liberia, Pp. 86. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press
George Schwab. 1947. Tribes of the Liberian Hinterland. Edited by George W. Harley, Pp. 643. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press
George Schwab. 1947. Tribes of the Liberian Hinterland. Edited by George W. Harley, Pp. 643. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press
L. Cabot Briggs. 1958. The Living Races of the Sahara Desert, Pp. 318. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press
L. Cabot Briggs. 1958. The Living Races of the Sahara Desert, Pp. 318. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press
Bruce Howe and Jr. Hallam L. Movius. 1947. A Stone Age Cave Site in Tangier: Preliminary Report on the Excavations at the Mugharet El ‘Aliya, or High Cave, in Tangier, Pp. 54. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press
Bruce Howe and Jr. Hallam L. Movius. 1947. A Stone Age Cave Site in Tangier: Preliminary Report on the Excavations at the Mugharet El ‘Aliya, or High Cave, in Tangier, Pp. 54. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press
Frederick R. Wulsin. 1941. The Prehistoric Archaeology of Northwest Africa, Pp. 208. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press
Frederick R. Wulsin. 1941. The Prehistoric Archaeology of Northwest Africa, Pp. 208. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press
George W. Harley. 1941. Notes on the Poro in Liberia, Pp. 66. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press
George W. Harley. 1941. Notes on the Poro in Liberia, Pp. 66. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press
Muzaffer Süleyman Şenyürek. 1940. Fossil Man in Tangier, Pp. 46. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press
Muzaffer Süleyman Şenyürek. 1940. Fossil Man in Tangier, Pp. 46. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press
Lorna J. Marshall. 2000. Nyae Nyae !Kung Beliefs and Rites, Pp. 400. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press
Lorna J. Marshall. 2000. Nyae Nyae !Kung Beliefs and Rites, Pp. 400. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press
Lisa Bernasek. 2008. Artistry of the Everyday: Beauty and Craftsmanship in Berber Art, Pp. 125. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press
Lisa Bernasek. 2008. Artistry of the Everyday: Beauty and Craftsmanship in Berber Art, Pp. 125. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press
Guy Tillim. 2009. Avenue Patrice Lumumba, Pp. 128. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press
Guy Tillim. 2009. Avenue Patrice Lumumba, Pp. 128. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Peabody Museum Press