Learning, Teaching, Changing African Archaeology
Ex Novo: Journal of Archaeology 9 (2024)
Edited by Maja Gori Edited by Martina Revello Lami
Paperback (Published)
(December 2025)
ISBN: 9781803277196
11.42 x 8.07 inches
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Ex Novo Issue 9 examines African archaeology beyond colonial frames, addressing heritage, inequality, and representation. Topics range from Moroccan landscapes to Roman Africa on screen, plus collaborative projects. Off-Topic essays tackle citation limits, ethics, and archaeology’s political entanglements.
Ex Novo Issue 9 explores the diverse, dynamic, and often contested landscapes of African archaeology. Moving beyond long-standing colonial and Eurocentric frames, this volume highlights how African pasts are interpreted, represented, and sustained today. From the Sebou Basin in Morocco—where natural and cultural heritage intertwine—to the lived experiences of early-career African archaeologists navigating structural inequalities, the thematic core addresses both the material and institutional conditions shaping the field. A study of Roman Africa on screen interrogates enduring orientalist stereotypes, while reflections on the ATLAS project and the “Invisible Cities” exhibition showcase collaborative approaches to connectivity and urbanism across North Africa and southern Spain.
Complementing the African focus, our Off-Topic section tackles broader disciplinary concerns: the limits of citation metrics, academic responsibility amid political crisis, and the epistemological foundations of archaeology. Together, these contributions reaffirm archaeology’s entanglement with the ethical and political urgencies of the present.
Jesús GARCÍA SÁNCHEZ & Martina REVELLO LAMI: Learning, teaching, changing African Archaeology
Abdelkader CHERGUI, Said EL BOUZIDI, Réda AJARAAM: The historic Sebou Basin: An asset of universal value
Degsew MEKONNEN, Osman KHALEEL, Humphrey NYAMBIYA, Nompumelelo MARINGA: Against All Odds: An Archaeologist's journey in Africa
Oskar AGUADO-CANTABRANA: Roman Africa on screen: An exotic otherness
Off-Topic
Andrea DI RENZONI: Lost in citations: Why standard Metrics fail archaeology and regional scholarship. A critical analysis of bibliographic indexing and research evaluation
Elsa CARDOSO: A conversation between the sword and the neck: On censorship, colonialism and academic responsibility
Reviews
Belén HERNÁEZ MARTÍN: Exploring Late Antiquity through cities in southern Spain and northern Africa, and beyond: A review of ATLAS’ final colloque and the “Invisible Cities” exhibition
Elsa CARDOSO: Review of Eric Calderwood, On Earth or in Poems: The Many Lives of al-Andalus, Harvard University Press, 2023
Agostino SOTGIA: Review of Edoardo Vanni, L'ideologia degli archeologi: Egemonie e tradizioni epistemologiche alla fine del postmoderno, BAR International Series 3050, Oxford 2021
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Jesús GARCÍA SÁNCHEZ & Martina REVELLO LAMI: Learning, teaching, changing African Archaeology
Abdelkader CHERGUI, Said EL BOUZIDI, Réda AJARAAM: The historic Sebou Basin: An asset of universal value
Degsew MEKONNEN, Osman KHALEEL, Humphrey NYAMBIYA, Nompumelelo MARINGA: Against All Odds: An Archaeologist's journey in Africa
Oskar AGUADO-CANTABRANA: Roman Africa on screen: An exotic otherness
Off-Topic
Andrea DI RENZONI: Lost in citations: Why standard Metrics fail archaeology and regional scholarship. A critical analysis of bibliographic indexing and research evaluation
Elsa CARDOSO: A conversation between the sword and the neck: On censorship, colonialism and academic responsibility
Reviews
Belén HERNÁEZ MARTÍN: Exploring Late Antiquity through cities in southern Spain and northern Africa, and beyond: A review of ATLAS’ final colloque and the “Invisible Cities” exhibition
Elsa CARDOSO: Review of Eric Calderwood, On Earth or in Poems: The Many Lives of al-Andalus, Harvard University Press, 2023
Agostino SOTGIA: Review of Edoardo Vanni, L'ideologia degli archeologi: Egemonie e tradizioni epistemologiche alla fine del postmoderno, BAR International Series 3050, Oxford 2021
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