Tim Forssman is an Associate Professor in Archaeology at the University of Mpumalanga, South Africa, and an affiliated researcher at the University of Pretoria. His research interests include forager and farmer histories, landscape archaeology, socio-political complexity, trade, exchange and craft networks, and social interactions. He currently leads an interdisciplinary study examining the social context and rise of Thulamela, and southern Africa’s Indian Ocean trade networks. Tim is well-published and has written several books, most recently Foragers in the Middle Limpopo Valley: Trade, place-making, and complexity. Tim is also passionate about archaeological education and community outreach, and has co-developed a mobile museum initiative to advance the spread of archaeological knowledge.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. From darkness to dawn: dispelling the dark continent myth.- Chapter 3. The birth of archaeology.- Chapter 4. Antiquarianism, collections, missionaries: the early years.-  Chapter 5. The emergence of archaeology in Africa.- Chapter 6. Archaeology comes of age during Africa’s independence.-  Chapter 7. Archaeology’s diaspora across Africa.- Chapter 8. Why archaeology in Africa matters.- Chapter 9. From then, to now, to beyond: an archaeological-naissance.

Tim Forssman is an Associate Professor in Archaeology at the University of Mpumalanga, South Africa, and an affiliated researcher at the University of Pretoria. His research interests include forager and farmer histories, landscape archaeology, socio-political complexity, trade, exchange and craft networks, and social interactions. He currently leads an interdisciplinary study examining the social context and rise of Thulamela, and southern Africa’s Indian Ocean trade networks. Tim is well-published and has written several books, most recently Foragers in the Middle Limpopo Valley: Trade, place-making, and complexity. Tim is also passionate about archaeological education and community outreach, and has co-developed a mobile museum initiative to advance the spread of archaeological knowledge.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. From darkness to dawn: dispelling the dark continent myth.- Chapter 3. The birth of archaeology.- Chapter 4. Antiquarianism, collections, missionaries: the early years.-  Chapter 5. The emergence of archaeology in Africa.- Chapter 6. Archaeology comes of age during Africa’s independence.-  Chapter 7. Archaeology’s diaspora across Africa.- Chapter 8. Why archaeology in Africa matters.- Chapter 9. From then, to now, to beyond: an archaeological-naissance.

Tim Forssman is an Associate Professor in Archaeology at the University of Mpumalanga, South Africa, and an affiliated researcher at the University of Pretoria. His research interests include forager and farmer histories, landscape archaeology, socio-political complexity, trade, exchange and craft networks, and social interactions. He currently leads an interdisciplinary study examining the social context and rise of Thulamela, and southern Africa’s Indian Ocean trade networks. Tim is well-published and has written several books, most recently Foragers in the Middle Limpopo Valley: Trade, place-making, and complexity. Tim is also passionate about archaeological education and community outreach, and has co-developed a mobile museum initiative to advance the spread of archaeological knowledge.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. From darkness to dawn: dispelling the dark continent myth.- Chapter 3. The birth of archaeology.- Chapter 4. Antiquarianism, collections, missionaries: the early years.-  Chapter 5. The emergence of archaeology in Africa.- Chapter 6. Archaeology comes of age during Africa’s independence.-  Chapter 7. Archaeology’s diaspora across Africa.- Chapter 8. Why archaeology in Africa matters.- Chapter 9. From then, to now, to beyond: an archaeological-naissance.