Keep up to date with the project by following this feed of blog posts by our archaeologists, heritage workers and other partners.
This blog post details an experience of a heritage walkabout for a radio show by the 'Heritage Team', a major component of the CONCH project led by Dr Sara Perry, her students and other collborators, including Pangani FM.
This blog is written by Hayden Scott-Pratt, an archaeology student from the University of Bournemouth (UK), about his experience working with the CONCH project.
This blog is written by Dr Elinaza Mjema, Lecturer in East African Coast Archaeology at the University of Dar Es Salaam (UDSM).
This blog completes the second half of the work carried out by Patricia Hart and her team with the different schools in Pangani, July the CONCH project in July 2018.
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This next blog is by the CONCH education officer, Patricia Hart of ArchaeoLink, who worked with the local schools in Pangani. Her blog post presents her time spent in July at the different schools whilst our archaeological work was taking place elsewhere.
Welcome again to CONCH's blog page. Below you can read an account of the archaeological training from one of those who was trained: Severine Kizito.
AUTHORS: Nick Pearson & Graham Bruce (of Onsite Archaeology, York, UK)
We are pleased to report that the archaeological and heritage fieldwork this year has been highly successful. This blog details the opportunities to carry out archaeological surveys in Pangani, and explains the intentions of the archaeological team to train up local residents in archaeological watching briefs.
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).
