Keep up to date with the project by following this feed of blog posts by our archaeologists, heritage workers and other partners.
This post is written by Patricia Hart, who directs our partner ArchaeoLink. Here she details exciting new plans to return to Pangani and continue the brilliant work with the schools she made contact with in 2018.
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This blog, about the process creating the brochures for Kilwa Kisiwani & Songo Mnara, is written by Katrina Foxton (prev. of University of York) with contributions from the rest of the CONCH team.
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The brief
Blogu hii imeandikwa kwa kiswahili na kwa kiingereza. This blog is written in both Swahili and English.
Blogu hii itaandikwa kwa kutumia lugha za Kiswahili na Kiingereza. This blog is written in Swahili and English.
This is the first ever blog post for the Kilwa fieldwork by the CONCH team!
This blog is written by students at UDSM who worked with the CONCH team in the summer of 2018 during fieldschool in Pangani. In April 2019 they exhibited their work at a poster competition during a study week and won third prize in the undergraduate catergory.
This blog is written by CONCH's project coordinator, Dr Stephanie Wynne-Jones, of the University of York. She reflects back on the success of last years work and looks forward to the future plans for the CONCH project in Kilwa, this summer.
In this piece, Matty Rowland (MA student at the University of York) explains part of the heritage team's project in setting up a digital Twine app which would help to reveal the hidden stories of artefacts held in the Pangarithi.
Our collaborator Archaeolink have produced a blog about a walk about with school children on their own webpage.
This post is written by Dr Dav Smith, buildings archaeologist at the University of York. He gives details on how his work on surveying buildings fitted in with the rest of the CONCH project including the heritage team's work.
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Dr Elinaza Mjema's research at Pangani has been featured in the latest edition of National Geographic, highlighting his identification of an ancient tsunami in the Pangani area. Mjema's excavations have uncovered mass burials relating to an inundation event 1,000 years ago. The work has also recently been published in Geology.
It is with great sadness that we hear of the passing of Noel Lasway. He was a wonderful member of our team, a great colleague and an excellent person. He will be greatly missed by all of us, and by Tanzanian heritage in general.
The CONCH project has been completed in two fieldschool projects: one in Pangani in 2018 and another in Kilwa this summer.
We are very happy with how these two fieldschool projects have been undertaken: we have learnt about both the archaeological aspects and the community needs for heritage management in these areas. You can see how this understanding unfolded within our 'Research' menu, where you will find all of the project blogs and also via our Facebook & Instagram pages (search @conchpro).
We are currently in the process of winding down the CONCH project - this website will be live until Sept 30th.
If you have any questions please email info@conchproject.org (this email account will be monitored until Sept 30th).
