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DESCRIPTION:Samuel Amarty on&nbsp\;Commerce\nand\nSocial Transformations du
 ring the Trans-Atlantic Trade in the Sierra Leone\nEstuarySamuel Amarty\,&
 nbsp\;Doctoral\nCandidate\, Department of Anthropology\, Syracuse Universi
 tyArchaeology\,\ncombined with historical sources\, provides holistic meth
 odological and\ninterpretive vantages in exploring long term social and po
 litical\ntransformations in past societies. This presentation explores the
 se vantages in\nongoing archaeological research in the Sierra Leone Estuar
 y. It assesses the\nmethods and theories underlying this research which is
  aimed at examining\nsocioeconomic and political changes in the Sierra Leo
 ne Estuary during the\nsecond millennium AD to understand the effects of t
 he trans-Atlantic trade. The\nwork contextualizes the more recent past\, p
 articularly the foundation of the\nSierra Leone Colony in 1787 and the 199
 0s-Civil War\, in the long term\nsociopolitical history of the region. Ema
 nating from ongoing archaeological\nresearch at Bunce\nIsland\, a British 
 trading fort built in the estuary during the Atlantic trade\,\nthis resear
 ch examines the intersection of Europeans’\nand\nAfricans’ commercial acti
 vities and how these impacted on the sociopolitical\nand cultural developm
 ents in the region.Samuel\nAmartey\nholds a BA\nand M.Phil. degrees in arc
 haeology from the University of Ghana\, Legon. His\nresearch interests inc
 lude West African Atlantic archaeology\, African history\,\neconomic anthr
 opology\, heritage management\, and archaeology of social\ninteractions. H
 e has tremendous field experience in Ghana\, and has been a\nmember of the
  Bunce\nIsland Archaeological Research team in Sierra Leone for three year
 s.Sponsored by MAxwell African Scholars Union at the Moynihan Institute of
  Global Affairs
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SUMMARY:MASU presents: Samuel Amartey
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p></p><p><b>Samuel Amarty on&nbsp\;Commerce\n
 and\nSocial Transformations during the Trans-Atlantic Trade in the Sierra 
 Leone\nEstuary</b></p><p><b>Samuel Amarty</b>\,&nbsp\;<i>Doctoral\nCandida
 te\, Department of Anthropology\, Syracuse University</i></p><p>Archaeolog
 y\,\ncombined with historical sources\, provides holistic methodological a
 nd\ninterpretive vantages in exploring long term social and political\ntra
 nsformations in past societies. This presentation explores these vantages 
 in\nongoing archaeological research in the Sierra Leone Estuary. It assess
 es the\nmethods and theories underlying this research which is aimed at ex
 amining\nsocioeconomic and political changes in the Sierra Leone Estuary d
 uring the\nsecond millennium AD to understand the effects of the trans-Atl
 antic trade. The\nwork contextualizes the more recent past\, particularly 
 the foundation of the\nSierra Leone Colony in 1787 and the 1990s-Civil War
 \, in the long term\nsociopolitical history of the region. Emanating from 
 ongoing archaeological\nresearch at Bunce\nIsland\, a British trading fort
  built in the estuary during the Atlantic trade\,\nthis research examines 
 the intersection of Europeans’\nand\nAfricans’ commercial activities and h
 ow these impacted on the sociopolitical\nand cultural developments in the 
 region.</p><p>Samuel\nAmartey\nholds a BA\nand M.Phil. degrees in archaeol
 ogy from the University of Ghana\, Legon. His\nresearch interests include 
 West African Atlantic archaeology\, African history\,\neconomic anthropolo
 gy\, heritage management\, and archaeology of social\ninteractions. He has
  tremendous field experience in Ghana\, and has been a\nmember of the Bunc
 e\nIsland Archaeological Research team in Sierra Leone for three years.</p
 ><p><b><i>Sponsored by MAxwell African Scholars Union at the Moynihan Inst
 itute of Global Affairs</i></b></p><p></p>
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