Ann Brower Stahl is a U.S. Africanist
archaeologist
Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...
whose work focuses on the
archaeology of the Banda area in
Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...
, West Africa. She is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the
University of Victoria
The University of Victoria (UVic) is a public research university located in the municipalities of Oak Bay, British Columbia, Oak Bay and Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. Established in 1903 as Victoria College, British Columbia, Victoria Col ...
in British Columbia.
Stahl's textbook, ''African Archaeology: A Critical Introduction'', won the inaugural Society for Africanist Archaeologists' Annual Book Prize in 2006, and she is the series editor for ''Springerbriefs in Archaeology: Contributions from Africa''. In 2017 she gave the
Patty Jo Watson
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Patty Jo Watson (April 26, 1932 – August 1, 2024) was an American archaeologist noted for her work on Pre-Columbian Native Americans, especially in the Mammoth Cave region of Kentucky. Her early investigations focused on the origins o ...
Distinguished Lecture at the
American Anthropological Association
The American Anthropological Association (AAA) is an American organization of scholars and practitioners in the field of anthropology. With 10,000 members, the association, based in Arlington, Virginia, includes archaeologists, cultural anthropo ...
's annual meeting.
Books
* ''Making History in Banda. Anthropological Visions of Africa's past''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2001.
* (ed.) ''African Archaeology: A Critical Introduction''. Oxford: Blackwell Press. 2005.
* (ed. with Andrew P. Roddick) ''Knowledge in Motion: Constellations of Learning across Time and Place''. Amerind Seminar Series. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
See also
*
Archaeology of Banda District (Ghana)
References
External links
Homepage at University of Victoria
Banda Through Time project
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American women archaeologists
Academic staff of the University of Victoria
American women academics
21st-century American archaeologists
American Africanists
Historians of Ghana
Archaeology of Ghana
Archaeologists of Africa
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