C U R R I C U L U M – V I T A E
Augustin Ferdinand Charles HOLL
Research Director, Honorary
Centre de Recherche et Documentation sur les Traditions et Langues Africaines
(CERDOTOLA), Yaounde, Cameroon
Email: hollafc@gmail.com
Cell Phone: ++33753280248
Education
1994 Habilitation Doctorate in Prehistoric Archaeology, University-Paris X, France
1983 PhD. Prehistoric Archaeology, University Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne, Paris.
1980 Diplome d’études Approfondies (DEA) in Archaeology, University Paris I: Pantheon-Sorbonne, Paris.
1979 M.A. History, (Minor Sociology and ethnology), University of Yaounde, Cameroon.
1978 B.A. History, (Minor Sociology and Ethnology), University of Yaounde,Cameroon.
1977 Diplome d’études fondamentales (DEF) History and Geography, (Minor Sociology and Ethnology), University of Yaounde, Cameroon.
1975 Baccalaureat A4 (letters and philosophy), Cameroon.
Research Interests
Social History, Political Economy, Social Science theory and methodology, Cultural Heritage, Anthropological Archaeology, Material culture, Emergence of complex societies; Mortuary Archaeology, Rock Art, Ethnoarchaeology of pastoral societies; West African Archaeology; Emergence of food production; Archaeology of African diaspora, West African Prehistory: Prehistoric adaptation to marginal dry lands.
Complementary Specialization
1982 Pollen Analysis, under the supervision of Dr. Raymonde Bonnefille,
Palynology section, Laboratory of Quaternary Geology, CNRS, Marseille
Luminy (June 1982).
1982 Faunal Analysis, under the supervision of Dr. François Poplin and S.Beckouche, Laboratory of Comparative Anatomy, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (May-June and Oct.-Dec. 1982).
1981 Pollen Analysis, under the supervision of Dr. Raymonde Bonnefille, Palynology section, Laboratory of Quaternary Geology, CNRS, Marseille-Luminy (Nov.- Dec. 1981).
1980 Pollen Analysis, under the supervision of Dr. Raymonde Bonnefille, Palynology section, Laboratory of Quaternary Geology, CNRS, Marseille-Luminy (Nov.-Dec. 1980)
Research, Teaching, and Administration positions
2024 – Visiting -Professor, University of International Relations, July 1-12, 2024
2024 – Research Director, CERDOTOLA, Yaounde, Cameroon
2024 – Co-Founder and Vice Chair, Afrospectives: A Glabal Africa Initiative Think Tank
2020 -2024 Member, Advisory Committee of the China-Africa Institute, China Academy of Social Sciences
2018 – 2024 Director, Africa Research Center, Belt and Road Research Institute, Xiamen University, Fujian, China
2017 – 2024 Distinguished University Professor, Xiamen University, Fujian, China
2015 – 2017 Deputy Director, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, CNRS, Paris, France
2015- 2017 Member of the National University Commission, Section 20: Anthropologie, Ethnologie, Prehistoire, Paris, France.
2016 Resident Fellow, Institute of Advanced Studies, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo-Horizonte, Brazil, – October 30 –November 11, 2016.
2014 -16 Visiting-Professor, Department of History, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal
2014 -16 Guest-Professor, Department of Arts and Archaeology, University Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon
2014 – Research-Associate, Centre de Recherche et Documentation sur les Traditions et Langues Africaines, Yaoundé, Cameroon
2014 Chargé de Mission, Coopération Universitaire Afrique – Asie
2013 – President, International Scientific Committee for Volume IX of General History of Africa, UNESCO
2013 – 16 Guest-Professor, Department of Anthropology and Ethnology, Xiamen University, China.
2012 – 14 Vice-President, International Relations, Université Paris-Ouest Nanterre La Défense
2012 – 14 Director, Confucius Institute, Universite Paris-Ouest Nanterre La Defense
2011 – 17 Professor of Prehistory, Department of Anthropology, Université Paris-Ouest Nanterre La Défense
2008 -11 Visiting-Professor, Institut Superieur des Arts et Cultures; Cheikh-Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
2008 – Consultant – UNESCO
2002 – 10 Director, Sine Ngayene Archaeological Project, Archaeology of Senegambian Megalithism”, Senegal.
2000 – 15 Research-Associate, The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2005 – 06 Fellow, W.E.B. Dubois Institute for African and African American research, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachussets, USA
2004 – 06 Associate-Director, Museum of Anthropology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
2000 – 08 Professor of Anthropology, African and African American Studies, and Curator of African Archaeology, University of Michigan, Museum of Anthropology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
2002 Teaching Fellow, University of Michigan Global Intercultural Experience for Undergraduates (GIEU)
2001 Robert O. Bass Fellow, The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
1998-2000 Representative, Academic Senate, University of California, San Diego Division
1997-2000 Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of California San Diego. California, USA
1997-2000 Director, The Mouhoun Bend Archaeological Project, “Food Production, Settlement Patterns, and Craft Specialization in NW Burkina-Faso”
1997 Visiting-Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of California San Diego.
1997 Member of “Groupe de Travail sur la Recherche Archeologique en Afrique Francophone et Lusophone“, Ministere de la Cooperation, Paris.
1992-1997 Elected Member, National Council for Universities (CNU: Conseil National des Universités).
1992-1994 Chair, Department of Ethnology, Ethnomusicology and Prehistory, University Paris X, Nanterre.
1988-1997 Maître de Conférences (Associate Professor), Department of Ethnology and Prehistory, University Paris X, Nanterre.
1986-1991 Director, Mission Franco-Camerounaise d’Archéologie du Nord-Cameroon
1984-1985 Adjunct-Professor, African Prehistory and Archaeology, University Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne.
1983-1986 Coordinator, Prehistory Section, Department of Ethnology, Ethnomusicology and Prehistory, University Paris X, Nanterre.
1983-1988 Assistant-Professor, Department of Ethnology, Ethnomusicology and Prehistory, University Paris X, Nanterre.
Honors, Distinction, Grants and Awards
2021 Fujian Friendship Award, at Xiamen University. The Fujian Province Government
2008 Global Intercultural education for Undergraduates Grant, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2008 Faculty Recognition Award for Outstanding Research Mentorship, Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program. The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2008 UNESCO Grant (with Dr Hamadi Bocoum as CO-PI), Research on Senegambian Megalithic Traditions
2007 University of Florida Distinguished Lecture in African Archaeology. University of Florida, Gainesville, April 3, 2007
2007 Humanity fellowship. Office of the Vice President for Research – College of Literature, Science and Arts, The University of Michigan.
2005 – 06 Fellow, Harvard University W.E.B. Dubois Institute for African and African American research, Cambridge, Massachussets, USA
2003 Office of International Program, University of Michigan Grant for the Sine Ngayene Archaeological Project, Senegal 2004
2002 Choice Outstanding Academic Book of the year 2000 for M.S. Bisson, S.T. Childs, P. de Barros and A.F.C. Holl, Ancient African Metallurgy: The Socio-cultural Context. Alta Mira Press, Walnut Creek.
2001 National Geographic Society Research Grant # 7135-01 for the Sine Ngayene Archaeological Project
2001 Robert O. Bass Visiting Scientist Fellowship, The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.
2000 Outstanding Teaching Award in African and African-American Studies, University of California, San Diego.
1998 National Geographic Society Research Grant # 6378-98 for the Mouhoun Bend Archaeological Project, Burkina Faso.
1997 Grant from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France
1991-1987 Research Grants from the Ministry for Cooperation, France, for the Houlouf Archaeological and Ethnoarchaeological Research Project.
1987 National Geographic Society Research Grant # 3715-87: Archaeological and Ethnoarchaeological Research in Northern Cameroon.
1982-1986 Research grants from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France. For the Houlouf Archaeological project, Northern Cameroon
Society membership
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Society of American Archaeology
Society of Africanist Archaeologists.
Member of the Executive Committee of the International Forum for African Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
Association des Amis de l’Art Rupestre Saharien
Member of the International Advisory Board of the China-Africa Institute, China Academy of Social Sciences (2020-)
Editorial
– Member of the Editorial board, International Journal of Modern Anthropology
– Member of the Editorial board, Anthropology and Ethnology Open Access Journal
– Member of the Advisory Committee of “African Studies Series”, East China
Normal University Press/IV HORAE, Shanghai (2019 –
– Member of the Editorial Board, International Journal of Archaeology (2019 –
– Member of the Advisory Board, West African Journal of Archaeology ( 2016 —
– Member of the Editorial Board of Trabajos de Prehistoria (2015 – 2022)
– Member of the Editorial Board, Carribean Journal of Egyptology (2014 – 2020)
– Member of the Selection Committee, Shanghai Archaeology Forum, (2013 -2019)
– Member of the Advisory Editorial Board, Antiquity (2013 – 2016)
– Member of the Editorial Board Journal of African Archaeology [2000 – 2013]
– Current Anthropology Associate 1997 – 2011
– Editor-in-Chief, West African Journal of Archaeology [2000 – 2004]
– Member of the Editorial Board The Encyclopedia of Archaeology, Academic Press,
[2002-2007]
– Member of the Editorial Board Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
[1994 –2008]
– Member of the Editorial Board African Archaeological Review (1994 – 2008)
– Series editor (with T.E. Levy, G. Algaze) New Approaches to Anthropological Archaeology. London, Leicester University Press (1999 – 2004)
– Member of the Advisory board. Arid Zone Archaeology Monographs. Edizioni All’Insegna del Giglio. Florence, Italy (2003 – 2017)
Symposium, Conference Organizer
– 2021 – Chair Online Panel on “The General History of Africa and its Diasporas”. European Humanities Conference, May 5-7, 2021, Lisbon, Portugal.
– 2019 – Organizer Sub-Forum on African Regions. 2nd Meeting of Xiamen University Belt and Road Research Institute. Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China. April 27 – 29, 2019.
– 2019 – Organizer (with Hu Rong) Workshop “Neolithization Processes”. 2019 Global Humanities Conference, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China. April 25 -28, 2019.
– 2017 – Organizer : 6th Meeting of the UNESCO International Scientific Committee for Volume IX of the General History of Africa. December 4-9, 2017, Xiamen University, Fujian, China.
– 2006 – Co-Chair: Seminar “Creuser la Terre et Rompre le Silence: Patrimoine et Identites en Senegambie” . Les Cinquante Ans de l’Universite Cheikh Anta Diop. IFAN, Dakar, May 5, 2006.
– 2001 – Meeting “The Archaeology of the African Diaspora”. December 1-2, 2001, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
– 1987 – Symposium “Spatial boundaries and Social Dynamics”, Theoretical Archaeology Group” Conference, Bradford (UK), December 15-17, 1987.
Others
– Research proposals reviewer, National Geographic committee for Research and Exploration.
– Research proposals reviewer, National Science Foundation.
– Research proposals reviewer, National Endowment for Humanities.
– Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.
– Research Proposals Reviewer, European Research Council
China Archaeology of Domestic Space in Abandoned Buildings: Baomei, Tong An, June 26 – July 15, 2022
Archaeology and Semiotics of West Fujian Stone Pavements. 1st Field season. Zhixi, July 4-31, 2021
Archaeology and Semiotics of West Fujian Stone Pavements, Zhixi, October 23-27, 2021
Archaeology and Semiotics of West Fujian Stone Pavements, Pei Tian, November 20-25, 2021
Kenya
2019 Survey of Swahili coastal sites at Geddi, Mnarani, and Ntwapa, Kenya.
Join American University (USA), Kiyabii University (Kenya) and Xiamen University (P. R. China) Archaeology of China – Africa Interaction Research Project
2024 Mapping of Cemeteries on Shell-Middens: Diorom Boundaw, Oudierin Boundaw March 15-31, 2024.
2023 Excavation at Oudierin-Boundaw, Oudierin Drainage Archaeological Project, Joined Xiamen University and Museum of Black Civilization Program, June 30 – July 31, 2023
2019 Excavation at Oudierin-Boundaw. Xiamen University Saloum Delta Shell-midden Archaeological Project, Senegal, June 25 – August 5, 2019
2018 Regional Survey and Excavation of Oudierin – 66 in the Oudierin Drainage. Xiamen University Saloum Delta Shell-midden Archaeological Project, Senegal. July 3 – August 3, 2018
2017 Field Survey in the Saloum Delta July15 – August 15, 2017
2010 Archaeological survey of the Bassari (Ethiollo) and Bedik lands. Southeastern Senegal, March 15 – 29, 2010
2009 Survey of the Shell-middens in the Saloum Delta, July 6 – 12, 2009.
2008 Sine Ngayene Archaeological Project: Excavation of the Megalithic cemetery of Santhiou-Ngayene, May 1 – June 15, 2008
2007 Sine Ngayene Archaeological Project: Excavation of the Megalithic Cemetery of Ngayene II, Santhiou Ngayene, Habitation site and Iron smelting site of Ngayene II, Senegal, May 1 – June 15, 2007
2007 Survey and Excavation around Sassanding, Upper Falemme Valley, Eastern Senegal, June 16 – 28, 2007.
2006 Sine Ngayene Archaeological Project: Excavation of the Megalithic Cemetery of Ngayene II, May 15 – July 5, 2006
2005 Sine Ngayene Archaeological Project: Excavation of the Megalithic Cemetery of Ngayene II, May 15 – June 30, 2005
2005 Sine Ngayene Archaeological Project: Excavation of the Megalithic Cemetery of Ngayene II, January 25 – March 15, 2005
2004 Sine Ngayene Archaeological Project: Excavation of the Megalithic Cemetery of Ngayene II and survey along the Petit-Bao-Bolong, Senegal, January 5 – March 10, 2004
2003 Sine Ngayene Archaeological Project: Fieldwork in the Petit Bao-Bolong Drainage, Senegal. Survey and excavations, January 14 –March 20, 2003
2002 Sine Ngayene Archaeological Project: Fieldwork in the Senegambian megaliths area of Sine Ngayene, Senegal: January 15 – March 20, 2002
Burkina Faso
2000 The Mouhoun Bend Archaeological Project: field work in Northwestern Burkina Faso, January 18 – March 7, 2000.
1999 Survey and Excavation in Northwestern Burkina Faso, The Mouhoun Bend Archaeological Project: January 25 – March 8, 1999.
1997 Survey and Excavation, in Northwestern Burkina-Faso, The Mouhoun Bend Archaeological Project (September-October).
Israel
1996 Excavation of a Chalcolithic Burial Cave and Village at Abu Hol, Northern Negev, Israel, Nahal Tillah Archaeological Expedition, (July-August).
1995 Excavation of a Chalcolithic Burial Cave at Abu Hof, Northern Negev, Israel, Nahal Tillah Archaeological Expedition, (July-August).
1994 Excavations at Lahav, Silos-Site, Khalif Terrasse, Late Chalcolithic-Early Bronze IA-B (July)
1993 Excavations of Mezad-Aluf, Shiqmim-Misra, and Shiqmim Dorum; Research on Shiqmim Area Chalcolithic Hamlets, Northern Negev, Israel. (Sept-October).
1991 Excavations at the Chacolithic village of Shiqmim, northen Negev, Israel: Prehistoric investigations on Early Farming Societies of Northern Negev, (Sept-October)
1991 Archaeological and Ethnoarchaeological fieldwork in the Houlouf Region, Northern Cameroon (Jan – March)
1990 Excavations at Gilat, Chalcolithic Sanctuary, northern Negev, Israel, (July-August).
1987 Excavation at the Chacolithic village of Shiqmim, northen Negev, Israel :Prehistoric investigations on Early Farming Societies of Northern Negev, (Sept.- Oct.).
1984 Excavation at the Chalcolithic village of Shiqmim, Northern Negev, Israel: (Sept.-Oct. )
Cameroon
1991 Archaeological fieldwork in the Houlouf Region, Northern Cameroon, (Febr – March)
1988-1989 Archaeological and Ethnoarchaeological fieldwork in the Houlouf Region, Northern Cameroon (Dec – Jan)
1988 Archaeological and Ethnoarchaeological fieldwork in the Houlouf Region, Northern Cameroon (Febr.- April )
1986-1987 Archaeological and Ethnoarchaeological fieldwork in the Houlouf Region, Northern Cameroon (Dec – Febr)
1985-1986 Archaeological fieldwork in the Houlouf Region, Northern Cameroon (Dec-Jan)
1984-1985 Archaeological fieldwork in the Houlouf Region, Northern Cameroon (Dec – Jan)
1982 Excavation at Houlouf, Northern Cameroon (Febr – April).
France
1985 Excavations in the Aisne Valley, France, field supervisor (July)
1984 Excavation in the Aisne Valley, France, field supervisor (July )
1983 Excavation in the Aisne Valley, France, field supervisor (June-July)
1982 Excavation in the Aisne Valley, France, field supervisor (June-July)
1981 Excavation in the Aisne Valley, France, field supervisor (June-July)
1980 Excavation in the Aisne Valley, France, field supervisor (June-August)
Belgium
1981 Excavation at Blicquy, Hainaut, Belgium, field supervisor (Sept.-Oct )
1980 Excavation at Blicquy, Hainaut, Belgium, field supervisor (Sept.-Oct ).
Mauritania
1981 Excavation in the Dhar-Tichitt region, Mauritania (Febr -April).
PUBLICATIONS
Theses (Unpublished)
1 – 1994 Holl, A. Esquisse d’une Préhistoire Générale, Habilitation Doctorate
Thesis, University Paris X, Nanterre.
2 – 1983 Holl, A. Essai sur l’économie néolithique du Dhar Tichitt (Mauritanie), PhD thesis, University Paris I: Pantheon-Sorbonne.
3 – 1980 Holl, A. Palethnologie de l’agriculture soudano-sahélienne: esquisse méthodologique, DEA (Diplôme d’Etudes Approffondies) thesis University Paris I: Pantheon-Sorbonne.
4 – 1979 Holl, A. Chefs et Notables dans la Politique Economique et Sociale Française dans la
Région du Nyong et Sanaga de 1920 à 1940, Maîtrise thesis, History, University of Yaounde, Cameroon.
In Press A. F. C. Holl Archaeology of Urban Bondage: The New York African Burial Ground. London; Equinoxe.
1 – 2023 Holl, A. F. C. The Mobility Imperative: Global Evolutionary Perspectives of Human Migration. Lexington Books. Lanham.
2 – 2022 Holl, A. F. C. Du Local au Global: Archeologie des Paysages Culturels. Collection
“Initiations et Etudes Africaines No 43”. Dakar; IFAN/Universite Cheikh Anta Diop.
3 – 2021 Holl, A. F. C. Megaliths in Tropical Africa. Chisinau, Moldova; Generis Publishing.
4 – 2017 Holl, A.F.C. and H. Bocoum Megaliths, Cultural Landscape, and the Production of
Ancestors. Sarrebruck; Editions Universitaires Europeennes.
5 -[2016] Holl, A. F. C. The Diwan Revisited: Literacy, State formation, and the Rise of Kanuri Domination (AD 1300 1600). Routledge; London/New York, Paperback edition and E-book]
6 -2015 Holl, A.F.C. Africa: The Archaeological Background. Yaoundé; Editions du CERDOTOLA.
7 –2014 Holl, A.F.C. Archaeology of West African Mounds Clusters. Oxford ; Monographs in African Archaeology, British Archaeological Reports International Series
8 – 2013 Holl, A.F.C. and H. Bocoum, Les Traditions Mégalithiques de la Sénégambie. Paris, Editions Errance.
9 – 2006 Holl, A.F.C. West African Early Towns: Archeology of Households in Urban Landscapes. Universite of Michigan Museum of Anthropology, Ann Arbor
10- 2004 Holl, A.F.C. Saharan Rock Art: Archeology of Tassilian Pastoralist Iconography. Walnut Creek, AltaMira Press.
11 – 2004 Holl, A.F.C. Holocene Saharans: An Anthropological Perspective. New York/London; Continuum Publishing Group.
12 – 2003 Holl, A.F.C. Ethnoarchaeology of Shuwa-Arab Settlements. Lanham; Lexington Books.
13 – 2002 Holl, A.F.C. The Land of Houlouf: Genesis of a Chadic Polity (1900 B.C. – 1800 A.D.). Memoirs of the Museum of Anthropology series, No. 35, Ann Arbor
14 – 2000 Holl, A. F. C. The Diwan Revisited: Literacy, State formation, and the Rise of Kanuri Domination (AD 1300 1600). London/New York, Kegan Paul International.
15 – 2000 Holl, A.F.C. (with M.S. Bisson, S.T. Childs, P. de Barros). Ancient African Metallurgy: The Socio-cultural Context. Alta Mira Press, Walnut Creek.
16 – 1988 Holl, A.- Houlouf I: Archéologie des Sociétés Protohistoriques du Nord Cameroun, Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology, British Archaeological Reports, International Series, Oxford.
17 -1986 Holl, A. Economie et Societe Neolithique du Dhar Tichitt (Mauritania). ADPF, Collection Les Grandes Civilisations. Paris.
1 – 2023 Holl, A. F. C. editor, Traditions and Cultural Heritage: Genesis, Reproduction, and Preservation. London/Hoogly; Books Publishers International.
2 – 2022 Augustin Holl, Jun Chen, Guiyun Guan, Editors, Proceedings of the 2022 5th International Conference on Humanities education and Social sciences (ICHESS 2022). Advances in Social Sciences education and Humanities Series. Dordrecht; Atlantis Press
3 – 2022 Holl, A. F. C. editor, Praxis, Folk’s Beliefs, and Rituals: Explorations in the Anthropology of Religion. London, Tarakeswar; Books Publishers International.
4 – 2022 Holl, A. F. C. editor, Studying Africa and Africans Today. London, Tarakeswar; Books Publishers International.
5 – 2019 V. Silva Santos, L. C. P. Symanski and A. F. C. Holl (editors) Arqueologia e Historia da Cultura Material na Africa e na Diaspora Africana. Curitiba; Brazil Publishing.
6 – 1998 Holl, A.F.C. (Guest – editor) The Dawn of African Pastoralisms, Special
Issue of the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology . Volume 17(2).
6 – 1993 A.F.C. Holl and T.E. Levy (editors.) Spatial Boundaries and Social Dynamics: Case Studies from Food-producing Societies. International Monographs in Prehistory, Ann Arbor.
1 – 2023 Augustin F. C. Holl and Leslie Dawson, From Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age: A view from Abu Hof Cave 22 (Israel). International Journal of Modern Anthropology. Vol. 2, Issue 19, pp: 1050 – 1083 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ijma.v2i19.2
2 – 2023 A. F. C. Holl Holocene Climate Change and Cultural Adaptation: Case Study from the Saloum Delta, Senegal, West Africa. Journal of Anthropological and Archaeological Sciences 7(5): 990-1003. DOI: 10.32474/JAAS.2023.07.000273
3 – 2023 A. F. C. Holl and E. Borjigid Bohm, New Perspectives on Xinjiang Kangjiashimenzi Petroglyphs (P. R. China). Journal of Anthropological and Archaeological Sciences 8(2): 1040-51. DOI: 10.32474/JAAS.2023.08.000283
4 – 2022 A. F. C. Holl The Mobility Hypothesis: A Global Evolutionary Archaeology Model. Journal of Anthropological and Archaeological Science 7(1): 830-832.
DOI: 10.32474/JAAS.2022.07.000254
5 – 2022 Holl, A. F. C. Background to the Diversity of African Languages: An
Evolutionary Perspective. African Language and Culture Studies 2: 1-53.
6 – 2022 A.F.C. Holl The Oudierin Drainage Archaeological Project: New Perspectives on Saloum Delta Shell-middens. African Archaeological Review https://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-022-09482-w
8 – 2022 A. F. C. Holl Emergent Complexity and Political Economy of the Houlouf Polity in North Central Africa (1900 BCE=1800 CE). International Journal of Modern Anthropology 2(17): 669-718. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ijma.v2i17.1
9 – 2022 A. F. C. Holl Archaeology of African Agro-systems: A Macro-Evolutionary Perspective. International Journal of Archaeology X(1): 6-19.
11 – 2021 A. F.C Holl Evolution of Political Economy of the Houlouf Polity in Ancient Lake
Chad Region. Journal of China-Africa Studies 2(1): 110-133. [In Mandarin Chinese, with English abstract]
13 – 2020 A. F. C. Holl A Pesquisa en Ciencias Sociais e Humanas na/sobre Africa: Buscando por Alternativas. Comtemporanea 10(3): 1019-1044.
14 – 2020 A. F. C. Holl. Adorning the Body, Asserting Status: Prestige-Goods and Social Distinction at Ancient Chadic Chiefdom of Houlouf (Northern Cameroon). International Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 8, No. 2, 2020, pp. 22-31. doi: 10.11648/j.ija.20200802.12
15 – 2020 A. F. C. Holl Dark Side Archaeology: Climate Change and Mid-Holocene Saharan Pastoral Adaptation. African Archaeological Review 37(3): 491-495.
16 – 2020 A. F. C. Holl Late Pleistocene Hardship: Mortuary Evidence from Wadi Kubbaniya and Jebel Sahaba. Cahiers Caribeens d’Egyptologie 24-25: 227-247
17 – 2020 A. F. C. Holl Origins of African Metallurgies. OXFORD RESEARCH ENCYCLOPEDIA, ANTHROPOLOGY (oxfordre.com/anthropology). (c) Oxford University Press
18 – 2019 A. F. C. Holl The Dynamics of Mounds-Clusters in the Mouhoun Bend (Burkina Faso). Journal of Anthropological and Archaeological Science 1(1): 1-12
19 – 2019 A. F. C. Holl The Chalcolithization Process: Dynamics of Shiqmim Site-cluster (Northern Negev, Israel). International Journal of Archaeology. Vol. 7, No. 2, 2019, pp. 30-46. doi: 10.11648/j.ija.20190702.12
20 – 2018 A. F. C. Holl Senegambian Megaliths as World Heritage. Arts and Humanities Open Access Journal 2(3):179‒185.
21 – 2017 A.F.C. Holl Beyond Shamanism: Dissecting the Paintings from Snake Rock, Namibia. The Journal of Culture 1: 27-35.
23 – 2015 A. F. C. Holl The Neolithization Processes in the Americas. UNESCO World Heritage Papers 42: 94-117
24 – 2015 A. F. C. Holl Site Location, Exchange and Production: The Emergence of Houlouf Polity in the Chadian Plain. Studies in African Past 12: 202 – 217.
25 – 2013 A. F. C. Holl Grass, Water, Salt, Copper, and Others: Pastoralists’ Territorial Strategies in Central Sudan. Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association. 22: 39–53.
26 – 2013 Chorin, D. and Augustin F. C. Holl, Les Processus de Néolithisation: Socialiser
la Nature et Naturaliser la Societe. European journal of Sociology/ Archives Europeenes de Sociologie 54(2): 157 – 185
27 – 2013 Anne-Marie Lezine, Augustin F.-C. Holl, Judicael Lebamba, Annie Vincens, Chimene
Assi-Khaudjis, Louis Fevrier, and Emmanuelle Sultan “Temporal relationship between Holocene human occupation and vegetation change along the northwestern margin of the Central African rainforest”, Compte rendus de l’Academie des Sciences, Geo-Sciences: 2013: 1 – 10 (online version)
28 – 2013 Holl, A.F.C. Caring for the Dead, Building social ties : Behavioral implications of Late Pleistocene burials in the Sahara. Sahara 24 : 57 – 66.
29 – 2012 Holl, A.F.C. Dhar Tichitt, Walata, Nema: Paysages culturels néolithiques dans le Sud-Ouest Saharien. Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie 127 : 35 – 39 (March 2012)
30 – 2010 Zangato, E. And A.F.C. Holl, On the Iron Front: New Evidence from North Central Africa. Journal of African Archaeology 8(1): 1-17.
31 – 2009 Holl, A.F.C. Shuwa-Arab Economics: Livestock Management and Animal Consumption. Documenta Archaeobiologiae 7: Tracking Down the Past: Ethnohistory meets Archaeozoology. Pp. 37-57. Edited by G. Grupe, G. McGlynn, and J. Peters.
32 – 2009 Holl, A.F.C. Coping with Uncertainty: Neolithic Life in the Dhar Tichitt-Walata, Mauritania, (ca. 4000 – 2300 BP). Compte Rendus de l’Academie des Sciences: Geosciences: 341: 703-712
.
33 – 2009 Holl, A.F.C. West African early metallurgies: New Evidence and old orthodoxy. Journal of World Prehistory. 22 (4): 415 – 438.
34 – 2008 Holl, A.F.C. L’Ethnoarcheologie: De la Ferme de la Tour au Tell de Houlouf, en passant par un Reve Bresilien. Archeopages: Constructions de l’archeologie. Special Issue, pp. 79-84. Institut National de Recherche en Archeologie Preventive, Paris.
36 – 2006 Holl, A.F.C. 2006/4 “This is not an Image, just a Pretext” In Before Farming 2006/2. Online version.
37 – 2006 Pathways to Complexity: The Rise and Demise of a Chadic Polity. GEFAME: Journal of African studies 3(1) –57 pages. Online.
38 – 2006 The Difficult Path of France/Africa Scientific Cooperation. Review Article of “Du Nord au Sud du Sahara: Cinquante Ans d’Archeologie Francaise en Afrique de l’Ouest et au Maghreb”. In Journal of African Archaeology 4(1): 153-169.
39 – 2005 Holl, A.F.C. Breve Histoire d’un Concept: le Débat Atérien. SAHARA 16: 7-26.
40 -2002 Holl, A.F.C [with T.E. Levy] Migrations, Ethnogenesis, and settlement Dynamics: Israelites in Iron Age Canaan and Shuwa-Arabs in the Chad Basin. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 21(1): 83-118.
41 – 2002 Holl, A.F.C. Time, Space, and Image Making: Rock Art from the Dhar Tichitt (Mauritania). African Archaeological Review 19(2): 75-118.
42 – 2000 Holl, A.F.C. and L. Kote, Settlement Patterns, Food Production, and craft Specialization in the Mouhoun Bend (NW Burkina Faso): Preliminary results of the MOBAP 1997-1999 Fields Seasons. West African Journal of Archaeology 30(1): 69-107.
43 – 2000 Holl, A.F.C. Modes, Temps et Espaces des Images: Les Gravures Rupestres du Dhar Tichitt. Bulletin de l’IFAN Ch. A. Diop 49 (serie B, 1-2): 5-82.
44 – 1999 Holl, A.F.C. and S. Dueppen, Iheren I: Research on Tassilian Pastoral Iconography. SAHARA 11: 21-34.
45 – 1998 Holl, A. The Dawn of African Pastoralisms: An Introductory Note. In The Dawn of African Pastoralisms , In A.F.C. Holl, Guest-editor The Dawn of African Pastoralism, Special Issue Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 17: 81-96.
46 – 1998 Holl, A. Livestock Husbandry, Pastoralisms, and Territoriality: The West African Record. In A.F.C. Holl, Guest-editor The Dawn of African Pastoralism, Special Issue Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 17: 143-165.
47 – 1998 Levy, T.A., D. Alon, and A. Holl, Tel Halif and Nahal Tillah Regional Survey 1995. Excavations and Surveys in Israel Vol. 18: 103-104.
48 – 1997 Des Colonies aux Etats: Archéologie Africaine et Nationalisme. Les Nouvelles de l’Archeologie 67: 57-59.
49 – 1997 T.E. Levy, D. Alon, , Y. Rowan, E. C.M. van den Brink, C. Grigson, A. Holl, P. Smith, P. Golberg. A. J. Witten, E. Kansa, J. Moreno. Y. Yekutieli, N. Porat, J. Golden, L. Dawson, M. Kessel. Egyptian – Canaanite Interaction at Nahal Tillah, Israel (ca. 4500 – 3000 BCE): An Interim Report on the 1994-1995 Excavations. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 307: 1-51.
50 – 1996 Holl, A. Review article of A Diachronic Analysis of the Architecture of the Hill Complex at Great Zimbabwe by Kundishora T. Chipunza; The African Archaeological review. 13(1): 77-85.
51 – 1995 Levy, T.E., Alon D. and Holl A. – Shiqmim 1993. Hadashot Archaeologiot pp. 93-94 (in Hebrew).
52 – 1995 Holl, A. Pathways to Elderhood: Research on Past Pastoral Iconography: the Paintings from Tikadiouine (Tassili-n-Ajjer), ORIGINI: XVIII: 69-113.
53 – 1995 Holl, A. Réseaux d’échanges préhistoriques dans la Plaine Tchadienne. SAHARA 7: 17-28.
54 – 1994 Holl, A. The Cemetery of Houlouf, Northern Cameroon (AD 1500-1600): Fragments of a Past Social System. The African Archaeological Review 12: 133-170.
55 – 1993 Holl, A. and T.E. Levy, From the Nile Valley to the Chad Basin: Ethnoarchaeology of Shuwa-Arab Settlements. In Biblical Archaeologist 56(4): 166-179.
56 – 1992 Holl, A. Tempête dans un verre d’eau: Réponse à Robert Vernet, Journal de la Société des Africanistes 68(1): 207-211.
57 – 1991 T.E. Levy, D. Alon, P. Goldberg, C. Grigson, P. Smith, A. Holl, J. Buiskstra, S. Shalev, S. Ben Izhak and A. Ben Yosef, Protohistoric Investigations at the Shiqmim Chalcolithic village and Cemetery: An interim report on the 1987 season, Supplement to The Bulletin of the American Society for Oriental Research. 27: 29-46.
58 – 1991 T.E. Levy, D. Alon, C. Grigson, A. Holl, Y. Rowan and P. Smith, Subterranean Settlement and Adaptation in the Northern Negev Desert, ca. 4500 – 3700 B.C. National Geographic: Research and Exploration. 7(4): 394-413.
59 – 1991 Holl, A. F. C., T.E. Levy, Cl. Lechevalier et A. Bridault, Of Mounds, Cattle and Men: Archaeology and Ethnoarchaeology in the Houlouf Region (Northern Cameroon), West African Journal of Archaeology 21: 7-37.
60 – 1990 Holl, A. Unité de production et unité de consommation dans le néolithique du Dhar Tichitt (Mauritanie), L’Anthropologie 94 (3): 535-558.
61 – 1989 Holl, A. Social Issues in Saharan Prehistory, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 8:313-354.
62 – 1989 Holl, A. Habitat et Sociétés Préhistoriques du Dhar Tichitt, Sahara 2:49-60.
63 – 1988 T.E. Levy and Holl, A., Les Premières chefferies de Palestine, La Recherche, 203:1166-1174 (Oct.88).
64 – 1988 T.E. Levy and Holl, A., Les Sociétés Chalcolithiques de la Palestine et l’émergence des Chefferies, Archives Européennes de Sociologie. XXIX: 283-316.
65 – 1987 Holl, A. – Mound formation processes and cultural transformations: A case study from the Perichadian plain, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 6:122-58.
66 – 1986 Holl, A. L’archéologie historique à l’épreuve des plantations, L’Ethnographie, LXXXII (98-99): 301-2.
67 – 1986 Holl, A. – Vues divergentes sur le néolithique du Dhar Tichitt (Mauritanie), Journal de la Société des africanistes, 56 (1):5-20.
68 – 1985 Holl, A. Analyse archéologique de la céramique: un cas de la région du Dhar Tichitt (Mauritanie), Techniques et culture, 5: 93-110.
69 – 1985 Holl, A. Subsistence Patterns of the Dhar-Tichitt Neolithic, Mauritania, The African Archaeological Review, 3:151-62.
70 – 1985 Holl, A. Background to the Ghana Empire: Archaeological investigations on the transition to statehood in the Dhar Tichitt region, Mauritania, Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 4:73-115.
71 – 1985 Holl, A. Review article of David W. Phillipson, 1985, African Archaeology, London, New York, Cambridge University Press, in L’Ethnographie, 81 (95):41-48.
72 – 1984 Holl, A. Brèves considérations sur l’enseignement de la préhistoire africaine en France, Les Nouvelles de l’archéologie, 14: 8-13.
Encyclopedia entries
1 – 2008 Holl, A. “ Afrique: Histoire – A. Prehistoire. Encyclopedie Universalis, Volume 1:
379-384.
2 – 2008 Holl, A.F.C. Great Lakes Area. In D. M. Pearsall, editor, Encyclopedia of Archaeology I. pp. 4-5. Academic Press; San Diego.
3 – 2008 Holl, A.F.C. Ethiopia and Eritrea. In D. M. Pearsall, editor, Encyclopedia of Archaeology I. pp. 14-15. Academic Press; San Diego.
4 – 2007 Holl, A.F.C. Afrique Histoire- Prehistoire. [8 pages] Encyclopedia Universalis, Online version.
5 – 2005 Holl, A.F.C. The Archaeology of Africa. In Archaeology, from Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS); Oxford,; UNESCO/Eolss Publishers. <http:/www.eolss.net>.
6 – 1999 Holl, A. Afrique: Neolithisation. In Dictionnaire de la Prehistoire pp. 24-26; Paris, Albin Michel.
7 – 1993 Holl, A. – Afrique – Préhistoire: Néolithisation. Encyclopédia Universalis. Volume I: 395-396.
Non-refereed articles
1 – 1989 Holl A., T.E. Levy, Cl. Lechevalier et A. Bridault, Houlouf Archaeological Project: Preliminary Report 1988, Nyamé Akuma 31:11-14.
2 – 1987 Holl, A. Le Projet Archéologique de Houlouf, Nyame Akuma, 29:10-13.
3 – 1985 A. M.D. Lebeuf and Holl, A., Fouilles archéologiques de Houlouf (Nord-Cameroun), Nyame Akuma, 26:5-7.
1 – 2023 Holl, A. F. C. Of Traditions and Heritage: An Introduction. In A. F. C. Holl, editor, Traditions and Cultural Heritage: Genesis, Reproduction, and Preservation. Pp. 2-15. London/Hoogly; Books Publishers International.
2 – 2022 Holl, A.F.C. Dark Side Archaeology: Climate Change and Mid-Holocene
Saharan Pastoral Adaptation. In: Sari, L., Mutri, G. (eds) Variability of Late Pleistocene
and Holocene Microlithic Industries in Northern and Eastern Africa. Springer, Cham.
3 – 2022 Holl A. F. C. Background to the Diversity of African Languages: An
Evolutionary Perspective. African Language and Culture Studies 2: 1-53.
4 – 2022 Holl, A. F. C. Introduction : Religion, Praxis, Rituals, and Others. In Holl, A.
F. C. editor, Praxis, Folk’s Beliefs, and Rituals: Explorations in the Anthropology of
Religion. Pp. 2-10. London, Tarakeswar; Books Publishers International.
5 – 2022 Holl, A. F. C. Histoire Generale de l’Afrique: Africanite Globale et Diasporas
Africaines, en Asie et dans l”ocean Indien. In J. Boutier et M. L. Champigneul eds.
L’Histoire des Systemes carceraux: Libertes, Enfermements dans les pays de la zone de
l’Ocean Indien (XVIIIe – debut XXe siecles). pp. 169-183. Etang Sale; Ciceron Editions
6 – 2022 Holl, A. F. C. Studying Africa and Africans Today: An Introduction. In A. F.
C Holl Editor, Studying Africa and Africans Today. Pp. 2-9. London, Tarakeswar ;
Books Publishers International.
8 – 2021 Holl, A. F. C. Weapons, Tools, and Objects : Material Culture in African
Rock Art. In Weapons and Tools in Rock Art : A World Perspective. Edited by A. M. S.
Bettencourt, M. Santos-Estevez and H. A. Sampaio. Pp. 23-35. Oxford/Philadelphia ;
Oxbow Books.
9 – 2020 Holl, A. F. C. Human Origins and Expansion : A New Synthesis. In
Retrospect of History and Reflection on Reality Epidemic Prevention. Edited by Zhang
Du and Li Jianfa Yang Bin. pp. 124-177. Xiamen, Xiamen University Press.
(Mandarin Chinese version, pp. 87 – 124. Xiamen ; Xiamen University Press. Pp. 87 – 123)
10 – 2020 Holl, A. F. C. Origins of African Metallurgies. The Oxford Research
Encyclopedia, Anthropology. (oxfordre.com/anthropology). (c) New York ; Oxford
University Press USA.
11 – 2020 Holl, A. F. C. China and East Africa Ancient Ties and Contemporary Flows :
A Critical Appraisal. In C. M. Kusimba, T. Zhu and P. Wakabari Kiura, (editors) China
and East Africa :Ancient Ties and Contemporary Flows. Pp. 259-268. Lanham ;
Lexington Books
12 – 2019 Silva Santos, V., L. C. P. Symanski and A. Holl Agradecimentos. In V. Silva
Santos, L. C. P. Symanski and A. F. C. Holl (editors) Arqueologia e Historia da Cultura
Material na Africa e na Diaspora Africana. P: 11-12. Curitiba; Brazil Publishing.
13 – 2019 Holl, A.F.C. Place, Graves, and People: Archaeology of New York African
Burial Ground (ca 1650-1796).In V. Silva Santos, L. C. P. Symanski and A. F. C. Holl
(editors) Arqueologia e Historia da Cultura Material na Africa e na Diaspora Africana.
Pp: 40- 84. Curitiba; BrazilPublishing.
14 – 2018 Holl A. F. C. Diffusion de l’Agriculture en Afrique. In Une Histoire des
Civilisations. Edited by J. P. Demoule, D. Garcia and A. Schnapp. Pp. 213 – 218. Paris;
Editions. La Decouverte/Inrap.
15 – 2018 Holl, A.F.C. Human Origins :A new Synthesis. In CIPSH and UNESCO
Challenges and Responsabilities for a Planet in transition. Proceedings of the World
Humanities Conference, Belgium 6-11 August 2017. Pp. 234-235. CIPH-UNESCO, ITM, Macao.
16 – 2017 Holl, A. F. C. L’Expansion Bantoue : Une Nouvelle Synthese. In D. Garcia et H. LeBras, editors, Archeologie des Migrations. Pp. 225-236. Paris ; INRAP – La Decouverte.
17- 2017 Holl, A.F.C. Megaliths and Cultural Landscape: Archaeology of the Petit Bao Bolon. Heritage. Proceeding of the 10th Panafrican Congress of Prehistory and Related Studies,. Pp. 113-124. Memoires de l’IFAN, Dakar; IFAN.
18 – 2015 Holl, A.F. C. L’Expansion Bantoue : Dynamiques des Populations et DynamiquesEnvironnementales. In Baussant et al. Editors. Migrations humaines et Mise en récits memoriels. Pp. 93-116. Nanterre ; Presse Universitaires de Paris-Ouest.
19 – 2015 Holl, A. F. C. “Revolution of Symbols”, Cognition, and the Neolithic Revolution. In B. Putova and V. Soukup, editors, The Genesis of Creativity and the Origin of the Human Mind. Pp. 288-305. Prague; Charles University Karolinum Press
20 – 2012 Holl, A.F.C. Comprendre les Mégalithes de la Sénégambie : Généalogie des modèles explicatifs. In N. Schlanger and A. C. Taylor, editors, La Préhistoire des Autres : Perspectives archéologiques et Anthropologiques. Pp. 231-146. Paris ; La Découverte
21 – 2012 Holl, A.F.C. Archéologie de la Plaine Tchadienne et la Question Sao. In En Pays Fali :Un ethnologue Charentais au Nord-Cameroun. Pp : 24 – 31. Angoulême. Musée d’Angoulême.
22- 2010 Holl, A.F.C. The Flying Alien – An Outsider Archaeologist. In G. Nicholas, editor, Being and Becoming Indigenous Archaeologists. Pp. 131-138. Walnut Creek; Left Coast Press.
23 – 2009 Holl, A.F.C. L’Apparition de l’Agriculture en Afrique. In Jean-Paul Demoule, editor. La Revolution Neolithique dans le Monde. Pp. 49-64. Paris; CNRS Editions.
24 – 2009 Holl, A.F.C. Worldviews, Mind-sets, and Trajectories in West African Archaeology. In P.R. Schmidt, editor. Postcolonial Archaeologies in Africa. Pp. 129-148. Santa Fe; School for Advanced Research Press.
25 – 2009 Holl, A.F.C. Iron Metallurgy in West Africa: An Early Iron Smelting Site in the Mouhoun Bend, Burkina Faso. In S. Magnavita, L. Koté, P. Breunig & O.A. Idé (eds.) 2009. Crossroads/ Carrefour Sahel. Cultural and technological developments in first millennium BC/AD West Afri ca. Développements culturels et téchnologiques pendant le premier millénaire BC/AD dans l’Afrique de l’Ouest. Pp. 59-68. Journal of African Archaeology Monograph Series 2. Africa Magna Verlag, Frankfurt.
26 – 2008 Holl, A.F.C. Researching the Origins of Agriculture in West Africa. In World Prehistory and Archaeology: Pathways through time. By Michael Chazan; pp: 264-265. Pearson Education Inc; Boston.
27 – 2007 Holl, A.F.C. Preface. In Henry T. Wright, editor, Early State Formation in Central Madagascar: An Archaeological Survey of Western Avaradrano. P. xvi. Memoirs 43. Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
28 – 2007 Holl, A.F.C. The archaeology of Africa. In D. L. Hardesty, editor, Archaeology. Pp. 21-65. Oxford, UNESCO-EOLSS
29 – 2006 Holl, A. and H. Bocoum Variabilites des Pratiques funeraires dans le megalithisme Senegambien: Le Cas de Sine Ngayene. In Senegalia: Etudes sur le Patrimoine Ouest Africain. Edited by C. Descamps and A. Camara, pp. 224-234. Paris; Editions Sepia.
30 – 2006 Howson, J., W.R. Perry, A.F.C. Holl, and L.G. Bianchi, 2006: Relative Dating. In New York Burial ground Archaeology Final Report: Volume I. Edited by W.R. Perry, J. Howson, and B.A. Bianco. Pp. 105 – 129. Washington D.C. US General Services Administration.
31 – 2006 Perry, W.R, J.Howson, and A.F.C. Holl 2006: The Early Group. In New York Burial ground Archaeology Final Report: Volume I. Edited by W.R. Perry, J.Howson, and B.A. Bianco. Pp. 156 – 178. Washington D.C. US General Services Administration.
32 – 2006 Perry, W.R, J. Howson, and A.F.C. Holl 2006: The Middle Group. In New
York Burial ground Archaeology Final Report: Volume I. Edited by W.R. Perry, J.
Howson, and B.A. Bianco. Pp. 179 – 205. Washington D.C. US General Services
Administration.
33 – 2006 Perry, W.R., J.Howson, and A.F.C. Holl: Volume I. Edited by W.R. Perry, J. Howson, and B.A. Bianco. Pp. 206 – 225. Washington D.C. US General Services Administration.
34 – 2006 Perry, W.R., J. Howson, and A.F.C. Holl 2006: The Late Group. In New York Burial ground Archaeology Final Report: I. Edited by W.R. Perry, J. Howson, and B.A. Bianco. Pp. 226 – 249. Washington D.C. US General Services Administration.
35 – 2005 Holl, A. New Perspectives on the Diwan: State Formation and the Rise of Kanuri Domination in the Central Sudan, AD 1200 – 1600. In Land, Literacy, and the State in Sudanic Africa. Edited by D. Crummey. Pp. 45-76. Trenton/Asmara. The Red Sea Press Inc.
36 – 2004 M.L. Blakey, C. Wilczak, and A.F.C. Holl Evidence of Violence, Possible Terrorism and some Peculiar Burials. In Final Skeletal Biology Report. Edited by Michael L. Blakey and Lesley M. Rankin-Hill. 17 pages. General Service Administration; Washington D.C.
37 – 2001 Holl, A.F.C. 500 Years in the Cameroons: Making Sense of the Archaeological Record. In West Africa during the Atlantic Slave Trade: Archaeological Perspectives edited by C. R. DeCorse, pp. 152-178. London, New York; Leicester University Press.
38 – 1999 Holl, A. Preface of Societes Prehistoriques et Megalithes dans le Nord-Ouest de la Republique Centrafricaine by Etienne Zangato. Pp. 3-4, Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology; British Archaeological Reports, Oxford.
39 -1997 Holl, A. Afrique Centrale (1980-1994). In Recherche Archeologiques Francaises et franco-Africaines conduites dans les pays du champ d’intervention du Ministere de la Cooperation Francaise en Afrique Bilan (1984-1996). Pp. 48-56; Groupe de Travail sur la Recherche Archeologique en Afrique Francophone et Lusophone, Ministere de la Cooperation, Paris.
40 – 1997 Holl, A. Annexe 2: Un Exemple de Cooperation Archeologique Internationale: “The East African Urban Projects” (Suede, Kenya, Tanzanie, Mozambique et Zimbabwe. In Recherche Archeologiques Francaises et franco-Africaines conduites dans les pays du champ d’intervention du Ministere de la Cooperation Francaise en Afrique Bilan (1984-1996). Pp. 70-72; Groupe de Travail sur la Recherche Archeologique en Afrique Francophone et Lusophone, Ministere de la Cooperation, Paris.
41 – 1997 Holl, A.F.C. Holocene Settlement Expansion in the Chad Basin. In B.E. Barich and M.C. Gatto, eds. Dynamics of Populations, Movements and Responses to Climatic Change in Africa. Rome, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, pp. 28-41
42 – 1997 Holl, A. Pan Africanism, Diffusionism, and the Afrocentric Idea, in J.O. Vogel (ed.), Encyclopedia of Precolonial Africa: Archaeology, History, Languages, Cultures, and Environments, Walnut Creek, AltaMira Press, pp. 58-65.
43 – 1997 Holl, A. Western Africa: The Prehistoric Sequence, in J.O. Vogel (ed.), Encyclopedia of Precolonial Africa: Archaeology, History, Languages, Cultures, and Environments, Walnut Creek, AltaMira Press, pp.305-312.
44 – 1997 Holl, A. Metallurgy, Iron Technology, and African Late Holocene Society, in Traditionelles Eisenhandwerk in Afrika, edited by R. Klein-Arendt, Colloquim Africanum 3, Heinrich Barth Institut, Koln, pp. 13-54.
45 – 1996 Holl, A. Genesis of Central Chadic Polities, In Aspects of African Archaeology. edited by G. Pwiti and R. Soper, pp. 581-591. University of Zimbabwe Publications; Harare.
46 – 1995 Holl, A. Settlement types and Late Stone Age Colonization of the Chadian Plain. In The Epistemology of West African Settlements edited by B.W. Andah, African Peoples and their Cultural resources Series 2, West African Journal of Archaeology Special Issue 25(1): 34-73.
47 – 1995 T.E. Levy and Holl, A. Social Change and the Archaeology of the Holy Land. In T.E. Levy (ed.), The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land, London, Leicester University Press, pp. 3-8; references. 549-550.
48 – 1995 Holl, A. and T.E. Levy, Social Change and the Archaeology of the Holy Land: Prehistoric Lithic Production Through Time. In T.E. Levy (ed.), The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land, London, Leicester University Press, pp. 76-91, references. 556-557.
49 – 1995 Holl, A.- Inhumer les Morts, S’approprier l’espace: les cimetières comme enjeu, in C. Baroin, D. Barreteau and C. von Graffenried (eds.). La Mort dans le Bassin du Lac Tchad: Approches Comparatives; Editions de l’ORSTOM, Paris, pp. 31-46.
50 – 1995 Holl, A. – African History: Past, Present and Future? The Unending Quest for Alternatives, in P. Schmidt and T. Patterson (eds.) Making Alternatives Histories: The Practice of Archaeology and History in Non-Western Settings; pp. 183-211. School of American Research Advanced Seminar Series; School of American Research Press, Santa Fé.
51 – 1994 T.E. Levy, D. Alon, P. Goldberg, C. Grigson, P. Smith, J.E. Buikstra, A. Holl, Y.Rowan and P. Sabari, Protohistoric Investigations at the Shiqmim Chalcolithic Village and Cemetery: Interim Report on the 1988 Season, In W.G. Dever (ed.)Preliminary Excavation Reports,Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research; Vol. 51: 87-106.
52 – 1993 Holl, A. Transition from Late Stone Age to Early Iron Age in the Sudano-Sahelian belt in West Africa, in T. Shaw, P. Sinclair, B. Andah and A. Okpoko (eds), The Archaeoloy of Africa: Foods, Metals and Towns , One World Archaeology Series, Routlegde, London, New York, pp: 330-343.
53 – 1993 Holl, A. Introductory Note: Spatial Boundaries and Social Dynamics: Rounds, Recycling and the Build-up of an upward Spiral. In Spatial Boundaries and Social Dynamics, A.F.C. Holl and T.E. Levy (eds.), International Monographs in Prehistory, Ann Arbor, pp: 1-5.
54 – 1993 Holl, A. Community Interaction and Settlement Patterning in Northern Cameroon. In Spatial Boundaries and Social Dynamics, A.F.C. Holl and T.E. Levy (eds.), International Monographs in Prehistory, Ann Arbor, pp: 39-61.
55 – 1993 Holl, A. Late Neolithic Cultural Landscape in Southeastern Mauritania: An Essay in Spatiometrics. In Spatial Boundaries and Social Dynamics, A.F.C. Holl and T.E. Levy (eds.), International Monographs in Prehistory, Ann Arbor, pp: 95-133.
56 – 1993 Holl, A. « Gérer » le luxe: les biens de prestige d’Houlouf (Nord-Cameroun). In L’Objet Archéologique Africain et son Devenir, Actes du Colloque International, Paris, CNRS, pp. 95 – 100.
57 – 1992 Holl, A. – Systématique archéologique et étude des processus culturels : l’exemple de la région de Houlouf, in J.M. Essomba (ed.) L’Archéologie au Cameroun, Karthala, Paris, pp: 51- 78.
58 – 1992 Holl, A. Le Regard du regard du regard de l’Autre: Le Nouveau Monde dans les manuels d’Afrique, in (sous la coordination de J. Perez-Siller, La « Découverte » de l’Amérique ? Les Regards sur l’autre à travers les manuels scolaires du monde, L’Harmattan / Georg-Eckert-Institut, Paris, pp: 181-205.
59 – 1991 Holl, A. Néolithique du Cameroun, in R. Lanfranchi et B. Clist (eds) Aux Origines de l’Afrique Centrale.; Centres Culturels Français d’Afrique Centrale et Centre International des Civilisations Bantu, Libreville, pp: 149-54.
60 – 1991 Holl, A. L’Age du Fer Ancien au Cameroun, in R. Lanfranchi et B. Clist (eds), Aux Origines de l’Afrique Centrale. Centres Culturels Français d’Afrique Centrale et Centre International des Civilisations Bantu, Libreville, pp: 193-96.
61 – 1990 Holl, A. West African Archaeology: Colonialism and Nationalism, in P.T. Robertshaw (ed.), A History of African Archaeology., Heineman, London, New York pp: 320-331.
62 – 1989 Holl, A. Individus et statuts: variabilité mortuaire dans la plaine tchadienne préhistorique, in Singularités: Voies d’émergence Individuelles, Plon, Paris, pp. 351-367.
63 – 1990 Holl, A.Les formes du pastoralisme dans le Sahara néolithique ca. 9000-3000 B.P. in H. P. Francfort (ed), Nomades et Sédentaires en Asie Centrale: Apports de l’archéologie et de l’ethnologie, Editions du CNRS, Paris, pp: 141-155.
64 – 1988 Holl, A.- Transition du néolithique à l’âge du fer dans la plaine péritchadienne : le cas de Mdaga, in D. Barreteau et H. Tourneux (eds.) Le Milieu et les Hommes: Recherches Comparatives et Historiques dans le Bassin du Lac Tchad, Editions de l’ ORSTOM, Paris, pp. 81-110.
65 – 1987 T.E. Levy and Holl, A., Theory and practice in household archaeology: A case study from the Chalcolithic village at Shiqmin (Northern Negev), in T.E. Levy (ed.), Shiqmin I. Studies concerning Chalcolithic Societies in the Northern Negev Desert, Israel (1982-1984), Oxford, British Archaeological Reports, 373-410 and 690-730.
1 – 2021 Review of Alisa LaGamma (editor) 2020 Sahel” Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara. African Archaeological Review doi.org/10.1007/s10437-020-09419-1 [published online: February 11, 2021]
2 – 2018 Review of R. J. McIntosh, S. K. McIntosh and H. Bocoum, eds. 2017 The Search for Takrur: Archaeological Excavations and Reconnaissance along the Middle Senegal Valley. New Haven; Yale University Press. Journal of African Archaeology 15 (2017) 1-2 doi 10.1163/21915784-12340015
3 – 2016 Review of Shadreck Shirikure, 2015 Metals in Past Societies: A Global Perspective on indigenous African Metallurgy. Journal of Anthropological Research 72(2) ..
4 – 2015 Review of Carmel Schrire 2014 Historical Archaeology in South Africa : Material Culture of the Dutch East India Company at the Cape ; Walnut Creek, CA, Left Coast Press. Journal of Anthropological Research (2015): 596-7.
5 – 2009 Review of Alain Marliac: Archéologie du Diamaré au Cameroun Septentrional: Milieux, Peuplements entre Mandara, Logone, Bénoué et Tchad pendant les Deux Derniers Millénaires’, Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa 44 (1)149 – 150.
6 – 2007 Review of “Archaeology, Anthropology and Cult: The Sanctuary at Gilat, Israel”. Edited by T.E. Levy. Oakville, CT. Equinox Publishing. In American Anthropologist 109(2):396-7
7 – 2006 Review of African Connections: Archaeological Perspectives on Africa and the Wider World. By Peter Mitchell. Lanham, AltaMira Press. In The Geographical Journal 172(2): 179-180.
8 – 2005 Review of “Marx’s Ghost: Conversations with Archaeologists. By Thomas Patterson, 2003; Oxford/New York, Berg Publisher. In Comparative Study of Society and History 47(1) 225-226.
9 – 2004 Review of “African Historical Archaeologies” edited by Andrew Reid and Paul J. Lane; New York Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, 408 pages, tables and figures. In GEFAME: Journal of African Studies I(1): 7 pages.
10 – 2004 Review of Élements d’Archéologie Ouest-Africaine V: Sénégal. By R. Vernet (Series Editor), H. Bocoum, A. Camara, A. Diop, B. Diop, M. Lame, and M. Thiam (2002). Nouakchott/ Paris; CRIIA/Sépia. SAHARA 15: 162-163.
11 – 2003 Review of Southern Africa and the Swahili World: Studies in the African Past 2 by Chami F. and G. Pwiti, eds. Dar es Salaam University Press, Dar es Salaam, 2002. South African Archaeological Bulletin 58 (177): 41-4.
12 – 2002 Review of Holocene settlement of the Egyptian Sahara, Vol. 2: the Pottery of Nabta Playa by Kit Nelson and Associates, eds. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2002. Journal of Anthropological Research 59:119-120.
13 – 1999 Review of M. Silberfein, editor, Rural Settlement Structure and African Development. Dunmore, PA: Harper Collins, 1998. American Anthropologist 101(2): 463-4.
14 – 1995 M. Lihoreau, 1993, Poteries Prehistoriques du Sahara, Paris, Karthala, in Journal of African History 37(3): 497-8.
15 – 1994 M. Cornevin, 1993, Archéologie Africaine, Paris, Maisonneuve-Larose, in La Recherche 268: 923.
16 – 1994 R. Oslisly et B. Peyrot, 1993, Les Gravures Rupestres de la Vallée de l’Ogooué (Gabon), Paris, Editions Sépia. in La Recherche 270: 1182.
17 – 1994 C. Renfrew and E.B. Zubrow (eds.), 1994, The Ancient Mind: Elements of Cognitive Archaeology. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, La Recherche 271: 1292.
18 – 1993 E. Bernus et N. Echard, 1992, La Région d’In Gall-Teggida-Tesemt (Niger), Vol V, Les Populations Actuelles, IRSH, Niamey, La Recherche 253: 433.
19 – 1992 F. Djindjian, 1991, Méthodes pour l’archéologie, Paris, A. Colin. La Recherche 240: 212.
20 – 1992 K. Randsborg, 1990, The First Millenium A.D. in Europe and the Mediterranean, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. La Recherche 239: 78.
21 – 1991 P. Halstead and J. O’Shea (eds), 1989, Bad Year Economics: Cultural Responses to Risk and Uncertainty, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, La Recherche. 227: 1523-4.
22 – 1991 R. Cribb, 1990, Nomads in Archaeology; Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, La Recherche 237: 1330.
23 – 1991 R. Bradley, 1990, The Passage of Arms: An Archaeological Analysis of Prehistoric Hoards and Votive Deposits, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, La Recherche 238: 1463.
24 – 1990 O. de Montmollin, 1989, The Archaeology of Political Structure: Settlement Analysis in a Classic Maya Polity, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, La Recherche 219:335-6 (March 1990).
25 – 1990 Collectif 1988, André Leroi-Gourhan ou les Voies de l’Homme, Albin Michel, Paris, Psychopathologie Africaine.: 22(1): 99-100
26 – 1988 Connah Graham, 1987, African Civilizations: Precolonial cities and states in tropical Africa, an archaeological perspective, Cambridge University Press, La Recherche. 195:74-75 (Jan.88).
27 – 1988 Polet Jean, 1985, Tegdaoust IV: Fouille d’un quartier de Tegdaoust (Mauritanie): Urbanisation, utilisation de l’espace construit, Paris, Editions Recherches sur les Civilisations, ADPF, Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie, 30:72.
28 – 1988 Tainter J.A., 1988, The Collapse of Complex Societies, Cambridge University. Press, La Recherche, 202:1080.
29 – 1988 Maylam Paul, 1986, A History of the African People of South Africa: from the Early Iron Age to the 1970’s , London, Croom Helm, Durham University Journal: 80(2): 337-39.
30 – 1988 Gaussen, Jean et Michel, 1988, Le Tilemsi Préhistorique et ses Abords: Sahara et Sahel Malien, Editions du CNRS, Paris, La Recherche. 205:1494.
31 – 1988 Rouse Irving, 1986, Migrations in Prehistory: Inferring Population Movement from Cultural Remains, London, New Haven, Yale University Press, L’Anthropologie 92(2):731-2.
32 – 1987 Archéologie Africaine et Sciences de la Nature Appliquée à l’Archéologie
Bordeaux, ACCT, CNRS, CRIIA, La Recherche, 189:811.
33 – 1987 Alain Testart, Le Communisme Primitif: Economie et Idéologie, Paris, Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, La Recherche (January).
34 – 1987 Robin Torrence, 1986, Production and Exchange of Stone Tools, Cambridge University Press, London, New York, L’Anthropologie, 91 (1):356-8.
35 – 1986 A.Santangelo, 1985, Epopea Ominidé: La transizione all umano e il concetto di comportamento pré-culturale, Milan, La Pietra, L’Ethnographie, LXXXII (98-99): 301-2.
36- 1986 Muntu, Revue scientifique et culturelle du CICIBA, 1, Libreville, Editions Présence Africaine, L’Ethnographie, LXXXII (98-99):298-300.
37 – 1986 J. Zwernemann, 1982, Culture History and African Anthropology, Uppsala, Acta Universitatis Uspaliensis, L’Ethnographie, LXXXII(98-99):291-3.
38 – 1985 Jonathan Haas, 1982, The Evolution of Prehistoric State, New York, Columbia University Press, Les Nouvelles de l’archéologie, 18:121-2.
39 – 1985 Lewis Binford, 1984, Faunal Remains of Klasies River Mouth, London, New York, Academic Press, Les Nouvelles de l’archéologie, 19:107-8.
40 – 1985 Elisabeth Shee Twohig, 1981, The Megalithic Art of Western Europe, Oxford, Oxford University Press, Les Nouvelles de l’archéologie, 19:113-115.
41 – 1985 Elisabeth Shee Twohig, 1981, The Megalithic Art of Western Europe, Oxford, Oxford University Press, La Revue Archéologique, 1985 (2):315-6.
42 – 1985 Sylvie Amblard, 1984, Le Néolithique du Dhar Tichitt-Walata à travers son Matériel Lithique, Paris, ADPF, Recherches sur les civilisations, La Recherche 166:646.
43 – 1985 Colin Renfrew, 1984, Approaches to Social Archaeology, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, La Recherche, 168.
44 – 1985 Janette Deacon, 1984, The Later Stone Age of Southernmost Africa, Oxford, BAR, in Les Nouvelles de l’archéologie, 21:102-3.
45 – 1985 Khidir Abdelkarim Ahmed, 1984, Meroitic Settlement in the Central Sudan, Oxford, BAR, Les Nouvelles de l’archéologie, 21:100-1.
46 – 1985 Charles Cable, 1984, Economy and Technology in the Late Stone Age of Southern Natal, Oxford, BAR, Les Nouvelles de l’archéologie, 21:101- 102.
47 – 1985 Martin Hall, G. Avery, D.M. Avery, M.L. Wilson & A.B.J. Humphreys (eds.), 1984, Frontiers: Southern African Archaeology Today, Oxford, BAR, Les Nouvelles de l’archéologie, 21:103-4.
48 – 1985 Geoff Bailey (ed.), 1983, Hunter-Gatherer Economy in Prehistory: A European Perspective, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Revue Archéologique, 2 (1985): 317-8.
49 – 1985 Geoff Bailey (ed.), 1983, Hunter-Gatherer Economy in Prehistory: A European perspective, London, New York, Cambridge University Press, Les Nouvelles de l’archéologie, 12: 83-84.
50 – 1984 M.R. Jarman, G.N. Bailey & H.N. Jarman, 1982, Early European Agriculture: Its foundations and development, London, New York, Cambridge University Press, Les Nouvelles de l’archéologie, 12:84.
51 – 1984 F. Treinen-Claustre, 1982, Sahara et Sahel à l’âge du fer, Mémoire de la Société des Africanistes, Paris, La recherche, 184:1324.
52 – 1984 Jean Devisse (ed.), 1983, Tegdaoust III: Recherches sur Aoudaghost. Campagnes 1960- 1965. Enquêtes Générales, Paris, ADPF, Recherches sur les Civilisations, in Les Nouvelles de l’archéologie 15:100-1.
53 – 1984 C.A. Moberg, O. Buchsenschutz, G. Coulon & C. Soyer (eds), 1984, Archéologie du Terroir: Ruptures et Continuités dans l’Occupation des Sols, Châteauroux, Académie du Centre, La Recherche 154:1328-9.
54 – 1983 Graham Connah, 1981, Three Thousand Years in Africa, London, New York, Cambridge University Press, Les Nouvelles de l’archéologie 12:88-9.
55 – 1982 L’Archéologie en Afrique (numéro spécial), Recherches, Pédagogie et Culture, IX (55):3-100, Les Nouvelles de l’archéologie 9:109-11.
Unpublished Reports
2000 Toward an Archaeology of Urban Slavery: Spatial Analysis of the New York African Burial Ground. La Jolla, CA (199 pages).
2009 Rapport sur les amas coquilliers du Delta du Saloum. Rapport final. Direction du
Patrimoine Culturel, Ministere de la Culture et du Patrimoine historique classe, Republique du Senegal.(50 pages)
2009 Archeologie des Amas coquilliers du Delta du Saloum: Contexte historique, Social et economique: Rapport Final. UNESCO, Dakar, Senegal (110 pages).
2010 Prospections Archeologiques en Pays Bassari et Bedik. Rapport Final. UNESCO, Dakar, Senegal.(50 pages)
2010 Review of General History of Africa, Volume I (co-authored with I. Pikirayi). UNESCO, Paris. [52 pages]
Blog
2005 Holl, A.F.C. “Review of the review of The Land of Houlouf: Genesis of a Chadic Polity, 1900 BC – AD 1800” Memoirs of the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology. Web blog; http://www.blogiversity.org/IntellectualHonesty/
2021 [Academic China. History] Building a new Future: Connecting Nations and Culture – An Interview with Professor Gao Chang, School of Sociology and Anthropology, Xiamen University. Social Sciences Network of China: Chinese Journal of Social Sciences October 2021.
2021 China’s Development in the eyes of a French Professor. Interview on GLOBALink, Xinhua Global Service. Xinhua News: Window on China and the World. June 5, 2021
2021 A F.C. Holl Encounters with Fujian. China Daily June 16, 2021
2021 Dialogue with Augustin F. C. Holl. Technology and Finance Magazine (Guangzhou) 38. March 2021. Pp. 31-34.
2019 In Conversation with Professor Augustin F. C. Holl. Featured Interview. Xiamen University Newsletter, Issue 24, Summer 2019: 58-61.
2019 Interview by Pablo Pires Fernandes
2018 http//Afrique.lepoint.fr/video/causerie-avec-augustin-holl-13-0320182202745_2367.php
- Federal University of Minas Gerais, Institute of Advanced Interdisciplinary Research
Brazil: https://www.ufmg.br/ieat/2017/01/augustin-holl/?lang=en
- Pedagogy of Action: skc.xmu.edu.cn/58/1d/c3923a284701/page.htm
- Augustin F. C. Holl, archéologue-anthropologue on Vimeo Video: 15 min
2014 Les batisseurs de Megalithes en Afrique de l’Ouest. Le Salon Noir, Interview by Vincent Charpentier, February 25, 2014, Radio France – Culture.
2010 Interview by Abilinda Ebinda Ngboko, In Magazine – Economie, French Program of the Deutsche Welle, German Public Radio; broadcast on July 5, 2010.
2009 Quote in “Seeking Africa’s First Iron Men” by Heather Pringle. Science 323: 200-2003 [January 2009].
2008 Interview, in PHARE (Patrimoine et Histoire en Afrique: Recherches et Experiences). No: 02 pp. 16-21.
2008 Feature in “In Africa, Stone Circles speak across the Ages” by Amy Karafin. Boston Globe Sunday, September 28, 2008.
2004 Quote in “Scientists explore Ancient lakefront Life in the Sahara” by Brenda Fowler. New York Times Science., January 27, 2004.
2003 “The Mystery of Megaliths” a film by Frederick Rendina featuring the Sine-Ngayene Archaeological Project 2002 field Season. Aired in the Program “National Geographic on Assignment”, 7:00-8:00 pm, October 31, 2003, National Geographic Cable Television.
1999 Feature in “Grave Injustice: Archaeologists are beginning to unearth the buried, tragic secrets of America’s first slaves. San Diego Tribune, September 15, 1999.
1999 “Conversations in Archaeology with Professor Augustin F.C. Holl”. DIG THIS. University of California, San Diego Television. (Aired on July 6 and 11, 1999)
1990 Holl, A. L’Homme et l’outil, Broadcast Lecture, Radio Nanterre-Radio France, Ethnologie: CAS-214-RU 307/308, Teledix, Université Paris X, Nanterre.
1990 Holl, A. La domestication des animaux, Broadcast Lecture, Radio Nanterre-Radio France, Ethnologie: CAS-214-RU 307/308, Teledix, Université Paris X Nanterre.
Lectures, Conferences, and Seminars
2023 Origine, Diversification, et Genese des Societes “Chadiques”: d’apres la “Synthese Evolutionaire Etendue”. International Symposium of Egyptology, Centenary of Cheikh Anta Diop. Black Civilizations Museum, Dakar, Senegal. December 26-29, 2023
2023 Site Location. Midden formation, Shellfish exploitation and climate Change in Holocene Saloum Delta, Senegal (West Africa). Keynote lecture: Archaeological and Anthropological Initiatives. Ateneo de Manila University, March 29, 2023, Manila, Philippines
2023 Africa We Want: A Collaborative Project. Harmony and Mutual Understanding of Chinese and African Civilizations to promote the building of a Community with a shared future for Mankind. International Symposium on “Comparative Study of Chinese and African Civilizations”. Beijing, May 12, 2023.
2023 People to People Diplomacy: Promoting a new and Progressive China-Africa Research Agenda. Chinese Modernization and Africa Development Plan: The 2nd Conference on Dialogue between Chinese and African Civilizations. Beijing May 16-17, 2023
2023 Demographic Projections and Multicultural Challenges in Africa. Optional or Necessity. Seminar “Africa in the Triangular conundrum Europe—Asia-Africa: Media, Mobility and Culture”. Peking University Center of African Studies Lecture Series. Beijing, May 18, 2023
2023 Migrations, Ethnogenesis and Settlements Dynamics: Chinese Modernization and Social Psychology. Xiamen University, June 1-3, 2023.
2023 Climate Change, Cultural Adaptation and Global Warming Mitigation: Do Africa and Africans Matter? International Conference “China and the World: Towards Building a Community with a shared future for Humanity”. Chinese Academy of Social Science. July 5, 2023, Beijing
2022 Development Theories and Post-Independence Africa uncertainties. Symposium on African Security and Development with the Vision of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind Fujian Jiangxia University. December 17, 2022, Fuzhou
2022 China – Africa Relations through the Maritime Silk-Road. 2022 Silk Road International Conference, Ningxia University, Yinchuan. December 12-13, 2022
2022 China-Africa in the Indian Ocean World-system: The Maritime Silk Road. Forum Xiamen-Nice-Durban: Deepening Mutual Inspiration of Maritime Civilizations – Together Building a Bright Future”. Xiamen, November 22, 2022.
2022 Climate Change and Cultural Adaptation: A west African Case study from the Saloum Delta, Senegal. 5th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences. October 14-15, 2022, Chongqing, China
2022 Des Loyalistes Noirs, de la Guerre Revolutionnaire au Bagne australien. Colloque International L’histoire des systemes carceraux: Conditions de detention dans la zone de l’Ocean Indien (XVIe – XXe Siecle): Saint Denis de la Reunion, October 6 – 9, 2022
2022 Chair Session: “Toussaint l’Ouverture Day”: L’engagement litteraire et politique d’Alphonse de Lamartine et les Abolitionnistes. Colloque International L’histoire des systemes carceraux: Conditions de detention dans la zone de l’Ocean Indien (XVIe – XXe Siecle): Saint Denis de la Reunion, October 7, 2022.
2022 Participant: Round Table: Reconciliation and Reparation. Colloque International L’histoire des systemes carceraux: Conditions de detention dans la zone de l’Ocean Indien (XVIe – XXe Siecle): Saint Denis de la Reunion, October 6 – 9, 2022
2022 Global Archaeology and the Interdisciplinary Imperative: The Case of Austronesian Expansion. Keynote Address at the 8th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research. April 22-24, 2022. Chongqing, China
2022 Emergence and Evolution of Early states in West Africa. Global Alliance of Foreign Studies Universities Lecture Series. Beijing Foreign Studies University. April 13, 2022,
Beijing.
2022 Fostering Understanding, Building a Sustainable Future. 1st Conference on Dialogue Between Chinese and African Civilizations: Deepening Exchanges and Mutual Learning Between Chinese and African Civilizations for a China-Africa Community with a Shared Future in the New Era. Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; China-Africa Institute April 9, 2022, Beijing
2021 Pan-Africanism, International Democracy, and the Construction of Future Africa
International Forum on Democracy: The Shared Human Values, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, December 10, 2021.
2021 From Africa to China: Human Origins and Expansion. Comparative Study of Early human expansion and technological Evolution. International Symposium on Compilation of General History and Comparative Study of Chinese and African History. Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, December 8, 2021.
2021 Building Bridges, Fostering Mutual Understanding: What Academics can do. 2021 International Conference on Africa Language and Culture Studies. Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, December 4, 2021
2021 Development Theories and Post-Independence Africa Ambiguities. Annual Meeting of the China Society for African Studies and the Institute of African Studies, Nanjing University. November 20, 2021.
2021 Building a Novel Future: Connecting Peoples and Cultures. Academic China International Summit: A New and Uniquely Chinese Path to Modernization. Chinese Academy of Social Science. Beijing. October 14-15, 2021
2021 “Le Developpement des Etudes Africaines en Chine: Le Programme de l’Africa Research Center de Xiamen University. Dalian Foreign Languages University, Dalian, November 9, 2021
2021 Moderator, UNESCO Webinar on the General History of Africa: “Liberation of Southern Africa Countries and the Struggle for the End of Apartheid”. November 4, 2021, 1:00 – 3:30 pm Paris time. Online Meeting.
2021 Enhancing Mutual Understanding: What Academics can do? Session 1: “China’s Reform and Opening up and Social Development”. China Academy of Social Sciences, 9th World Forum on China Studies, Shanghai, October 19, 2021.
2021 Building a Novel Future: Connecting Peoples and Cultures. A New and Uniquely Chinese Path to Modernization. Chinese Academy of Social Science, The International Academic Forum in China, Beijing. October 13-15, 2021
2021 “Africanite Globale: Cote Asie et Ocean Indien” International Meeting “L’Histoire des systems carceraux: Libertes, Enfermements dans les pays de la zone Ocean Indien (18-20 eme Siecle). Saint Denis de La Reunion, France, October 7 – 9, 2021.
2021 The UNESCO General History of Africa Project. Online Panel on “The General History of Africa and its Diasporas”. European Humanities Conference, May 5-7, 2021, Lisbon, Portugal.
2021 Multiculturalism in 2100: Optional or Necessity. “Multi-Cultural and Plural Society under the background of Globalization”. Humanities Forum. Xiamen University 100th Anniversary Celebration.
2020 Human Origins and Expansion: A new Synthesis. Xiamen University Lecture Series, February 28, 2020.
2020 An Anthropological View on International Exchange and Cooperation. Xiamen University Cloud Lecture Program, XMU WEIBO.We. July 10, 2020
2020 On the Move: Archaeology of Population Expansion: A Case study on the expansion of Speakers of Bantu Languages. Xiamen University Anthropology Lecture Series.
2020 The Race for Covid-19 Vaccine and its Geo-strategic Implications. Keynote Address, Africa Research Center Multidisciplinary Seminar, Belt and Road Research Institute, Xiamen University, September 26, 2020
2020 Climate Change and Cultural Adaptation in the Saloum Delta, Senegal, West Africa. Keynote address, Africa Research Center Multidisciplinary Seminar, Belt and Road Research Institute, Xiamen University, October 31, 2020
2020 A Green Future? Renewable Energies in Africa: A brief Survey. Keynote address, Africa Research Center Multidisciplinary Seminar, Belt and Road Research Institute, Xiamen University, November 28, 2020
2020 Encounters with China: A personal Journee and the Africa Research Center Program. Belt and Road Research Institute Lecture Series, Xiamen University, Xiamen, October 29, 2020
2020 Academic Diplomacy: The Pedagogy of Action. 5th China Frontier Development Forum; Minzu University of China, Beijing, December 10, 2020
2020 Developpement des Etudes Africaines en Chine: Le Programme de l’Africa Research Center de Xiamen University. Seminaire “Presence Chnoise en Afrique”. Ecole de Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales [School of Advanced Studies in Social Science] Paris, France; December 16, 2020
2019 Ancient Blue Economy in Africa: Climate change, Chronology and regional Diversity. Sea, Space, Imagination: The 2nd Forum on Maritime Anthropology. Xiamen University, December 13-14, 2019.
2019 Deciphering Ancient visual Representations: The Neolithic Images from Uan Derbuaen, Eastern Tassili, Algeria. Heritage Sciences Forum. Xiamen University November 29 – December 1, 2019.
2019 Initial History: It All Started in Africa. Panel General History of Africa and a new perspective on Africa Studies. Beijing Forum, November 1-4, 2019, Beijing, P. R. China.
2019 Encounters with China: A personal Journey. “China in the Eyes of Foreigners Salon – Lecture 2. Xiamen University, June 18, 2019.
2019 Ancient Blue Economy on the Maritime Silk Road: Archaeology of Saloum Delta Shell Middens (Senegal). Lecture at Peking University, June 5, 2019, Beijing, P. R. China
2019 L’Aventure Humaine: Origines et Expansion. Lecture at the University of International Relations. May 15, 2019. Beijing, P. R. China
2019 Archeologie des Civilisations Africaines. Lecture at the University of International Relations. May 15, 2019. Beijing, P. R. China
2019 Origine de l’Agriculture Africaine: Dveloppement et Expansion. Lecture at the University of International Relations. Beijing; May 16, 2019.
2019 The Neolithization Processes: Macro-evolutionary Perspectives. “Neolithization Processes Workshop” – 2019 Global Humanities Forum, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China. April 26, 2019.
2019 Burials Protocols, Megaliths Production, and Ancestor-hood in Ancient Senegambia. African regions Sub-Forim. 2nd Xiamen University Forum on the Belt and Road Development. Xiamen, Fujian, China. April 28, 2019.
2019 Chair: 7th Meeting of the UNESCO International Scientific Committee of Volume IX of the General History of Africa. Dom Helder Law School, March 25 – 27, 2019. Belo-Horizonte, Minas-Gerais, Brazil.
2019 “Genese et Formation des Diasporas Africaines: Archeologie du Cimetiere Africain de New York, Manhattan (1640-1790). Inaugural Lecture. Conference du Musee des Civilisations Noires, 15 Fevrier 2019, Dakar, Senegal.
2018 Chair, Panel II. Global Humanities Forum Preliminary Meeting. XMU-CIPSH Program. Xiamen University, December 2 – 4, 2018.
2018 Climate Change and Cultural adaptation: The Saloum Delta Shell-Midden Project, Senegal, West Africa. One Belt, One Road Maritime Anthropology Conference. Xiamen University, Xiamen November 16 – 18, 2018.
2018 Pedagogy of Action: A Pragmatic Framework. Thematic Forum II: Accelerate the Construction of World-Class Universities and Disciplines. International Forum on Higher Education Annual Conference. Ningbo, Zhejiang Province; China
2018 Participant, 2018 Experience China in Golden Autumn: A Cultural Tour of Central China for Foreign Experts in Higher Education, Zhengzhou University; Zhengzhou, Henan October 11 – 14, 2028.
2018 Looking Ahead: The Multidisciplinary Imperative. Keynote Speech, Theme: Innovative Teaching and Service for the Future. Global Humanities Festival : Challenges and Duties of Humanities : Asia and Global Commitments. April 17, 2018 Xiamen University, Xiamen April 15 – 19, 2018. Fujian, P.R. China
2018 Chair: Master class Teaching VII
Lecture by Professor Chao Gejin “Approaching Oral Poetics: The Verbal Art of Humanity and its History in Scholarship”. April 17, 2018. Global Humanities Festival: Challenges and Duties of Humanities: Asia and Global Commitments. Xiamen University, Xiamen April 15 – 19, 2018. Fijian, P.R. China
2018 Chair: Workshop 2: Human Origins and Evolution. Ateliers de conception des Expositions du Musee des Civilisations Noires. March 26-30, 2018, Dakar, Senegal
2018 Participant: La Semaine Litteraire Malienne, Bamako,Mali, 17 – 28 February 2018.
– Round table on the UNESCO General History of Africa, University of Bamako, February 19, 2018.
– Round Table: UNESCO General History of Africa Volume IX Project. Ecole Normale Superieure, Bamako, Mali, February 21, 2018.
2018 Participant. New Year Symposium of Foreign experts in Fujian. February 8, Fuzhou. Fujian, China
2017 Participant as Member of the Selection Committee, 3rd Meeting of the Shanghai Archaeology Forum, December 9 -11, 2017. Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
2017 Organizer and Chair; 6th Meeting of the UNESCO International Scientific Committee for Volume IX General History of Africa, December 4 -9, 2017, Xiamen, Fujian, China.
2017 Anthropology, Heritage and Cultural Preservation. Lecture at Western China University, December 1st, 2017, Chengdu, Sichuan.
2017 Chairman: Session 2: “Les Institutions culturelles et Scientifiques Africaines devant la problematique de la Renaissance Africaine : Culture, Identites, Patrimoine. Colloque International du CERDOTOLAT – Centre International de Recherche et de Documentation sur les Traditions et Langues Africaines « Les Institutions culturelles et scientifiques dans les enjeux de l’emergence et de Renaissance », 9-13 October, 2017, Yaounde, Cameroon.
2017 Participant, The Great Moments of Dialogue in Human History: Assessment, Lessons, and Prospects”. International Seminar, Samarkand, Uzbekhistan, August 29 – 30 2017.
2017 Chairman : 5th Meeting of the International Scientific Committee of Volume IX of the General history of Africa. Casa Americas, La Havana, Cuba, January 23 – 28, 2017.
2016 Note Conceptuelle Atelier 2: Recherche et Collections: Objets, Scenographie, Expositions. Conférence Internationale de Préfiguration du Musée des Civilisations Noires. 28 -31 Juillet 2016, Dakar, Sénégal.
2016 Lifeways and Adaptation : The Making of Cultural Landscapes. Keynote Address, The First Summit Forum on Mountain and Ocean Civilization. Taimu mountain, Fuding, Fujian Province, China.
2016 “Megaliths traditions from the Senegambia; The Making of a Cultural Landscape. Lin Huixiang Memorial Lecture, Xiamen University, Xiamen, April 14, 2016
2016 Chair, 4th Meeting of the International Scientific Committee for Volume IX of theGeneral History of Africa. February 15 – 19, 2016, Luanda, Angola.
2014 « The General History of Africa Project » International Conference Las Grandes
migraciones de los pueblos : la poblacion de Europa. December 9 – 11, 2014, Grenada,
Spain.
2014 Chair, Epistemological Workshop on Volume IX of the General History of Africa :
New visions of Africa and its diasporas in the Social sciences and Humanities. August
27, 2014, Sao Carlos, Brazil.
2014 Chair, 3rd Meeting of the International Scientific Committee for Volume IX of the General History of Africa. August 28 – 29, 2014, Sao Carlos, Brazil.
2014 Chair, 2nd Meeting of the International Scientific Committee for Volume IX of the General History of Africa. June 16 – 19, 2014, Paris, France.
2014 « Global Africa : Moving forward » Keynote Address International Colloquium :
Toward a New Panafricanism : Deploying Anthropology, Archaeology, History and
Philosophy in the service of Africa and the Diaspora. April 24 – 25, 2014 Kingston,
Jamaica.
2013 Chair, 1st Meeting of the International Scientific Committee for Volume IX of General History of Africa. November 21 – 24, 2013, Sao Salvador de Bahia, Brasil
2013 Chair, Workshop 1 : The use of the General History of Africa in Higher education.
Regional conference on the Pedagogical Use of the General History of Africa in African Institutions of Higher Education ; Accra and Elmina, Ghana, October 20 – 25, 2013.
2013 « Vivre, Faire, et Ecrire l’Histoire du Continent » Atelier Thématique No 1 : L’historiographie Africaine : Source et socle de toute renaissance africaine. « Pour un Homme africain fier de sa tradition africaine ». Journées de Communication du Centre International de Recherche et de Documentation sur les traditions et langues africaines (CERDOTOLA). 8 – 10 Octobre 2013, Yaoundé, Cameroun.
2013 Chair of Thematic workshop 1 : L’historiographie Africaine : Source et socle de toute renaissance africaine. « Pour un Homme africain fier de sa tradition africaine ». Journées de Communication du Centre International de Recherche et de Documentation sur les traditions et langues africaines (CERDOTOLA). 8 – 10 Octobre 2013, Yaoundé, Cameroun.
2013 « Todos somos Afrodescendientes » : el Africa como cuna de la Humanidad. Dialogos entre Africa y sus diasporas en las Americas Negras. Tercera Cumbre Mondial de Alcades y mandaterios Afrodescendientes. 13 – 15 Septembre 2013, Cali, Columbia.
2013 « Neolithization Process in the Americas : A view from elsewhere. « Human Evolution, Adaptation, Dispersal, and Social Development (HEADS) Meeting The First Peopling of the Americas and the World Heritage Convention », UNESCO, 2 – 6 September 2013, Puebla, Mexico.
2013 Discussant : Kent V. Flannery (Read by Charles Higham), « The Creation of Inequality : How our Prehistoric Ancestors set the Stage for Monarchy, Slavery, and Empire ». Shanghai Archaeology Forum, August 23 -26, 2013, Shanghai, China
2012 L’Expansion Bantoue : Dynamiques des Populations, Dynamiques Environnementales. Paper presented at International Conference « Logiques Mémorielles et temporalités Migratoires » Maison de l’Archéologie et de l’Ethnologie, Université Paris-Ouest Nanterre La Défense, 21 – 23 Mai 2012.
2011 Comprendre les megalithes de Senegambie: Genealogie des modeles explicatifs. Paper presented at International Conference “ La Prehistoire des Autres”, Musee du Quai Branly, Paris, France, 18 – 19 Janvier 2011.
2010 The Sine Ngayene Archaeological Project: Exploring the Senegambian Megalithic Landscape. Paper presented at 13th Congress of the Panafrican Association for Prehistory and Related Studies/20th Meeting of the Society of Africanist Archaeologists, Dakar, Senegal, November 1 – 7, 2010
2010 Invited Expert at the UNESCO “Regional Conference on the pedagogical use of the General History of Africa in African Schools” Tripoli, Libya, June 12 – 16, 2010.
2009 “Be Who You Are: Remote Cognitive and Behavioral Foundations of Contemporary Africans”. Paper presented at the “International Conference: L’Anthropologie Africaine”, Algiers, July 1-4, 2009.
2008 L’Apparition de l’Agriculture en Afrique. Paper presented at “La Revolution Neolithique dans le monde: Aux Origines de l’emprise humaine sur le Vivant” Colloque International, Cite des Sciences et de l’Industrie; Paris, October 2-4, 2008.
2008 Coping with Uncertainty: Neolithic Life in the Dhar Tichitt-Walata, ca. 3800 – 2400 BP. Paper presented at “African and Arabian Deserts: Environment, Climate and Impact on Populations”. Colloque de l’Academie des Sciences, Institut de France, Paris, 8-9 September 2008.
2008 Early West African Metallurgies: Glosses, Facts, and Fictions. SAA Electronic Symposium “Modelling Early metallurgy: Old and New World Perspectives” Organized by C. Thorton and B. Roberts. Society American Archaeology Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada, March 26 – 30, 2008.
2007 “World-views, mind-sets, and Trajectories in West African Archaeology”.University of Florida Distinguished Lecture in African Archaeology 2007. University of Florida, Gainesville, April 3, 2007
2007 “Archaeology! Just do It” Paper presented at the Symposium Postcolonial Archaeologies in Africa. University of Florida, Gainesville April 1 – 3, 2007.
2007 Discussant: Jonathan Walz “African expressions and Postcolonial Archaeology”.“Post Colonial Archaeologies Symposium”, University of Florida, Gainesville; March 31, 2007.
2005 Excavation of the Cemetery of Ngayene II: Work in Progress. Museum of Anthropology Brown Bag series, University of Michigan, December 10, 2005
2005 Pathways to Complexity: The Rise and Demise of a Chadic Polity. Africa Workshops, Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; September 28, 2005
2005 Houlouf: The Rise and demise of a Chadic Polity. Lecture presented at the Red Lion Seminar. Northwestern University and the University of Chicago African Studies Programs. April 5, 2005, Chicago
2004 The Land behind Shiqmim: Archaeology of Chalcolithic Hamlets (Northern Negev, Israel). Museum of Anthropology Brown Bag; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, December 2, 2004.
2003 “The Sine-Ngayene Archaeological Project: research on Senegambian Megaliths. University of Michigan Hatcher Graduate Library Scholarship lecture Series. December 5, 2003
2003 “Variations on the same theme: Burying the Dead – Sine Ngayene Archaeological Project 2003. University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology Brown Bag, November 13, 2003
2003 “Nouvelles Perspectives sur le Megalithisme Senegambien. Sine Ngayene Archaeological Project 2002 and 2003. Lecture presented at the Institut Fondamental d’Afrique Noire [IFAN], Dakar, Senegal, March 17, 2003.
2003 “Expanding Archaeological Theory” discussant Paper; Session “Archaeologies of Resistance”, SAA Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, April 11, 2003.
2002 “Landscape of the Dead: SNAP 2002, Preliminary results. The University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology Brown-Bag, December 12, 2002.
2002 Evidence for Execution in the New York African Burial Ground. Public Forum of the New York African Burial Ground Research Team. College of William and Mary; Williamsburg, Virginia. May 17, 2002.
2002 Formatting the New York African Burial Ground Archaeology Report. SANKOFA 3: Meeting of the African Burial Ground Specialists. May 15-19, 2002, Cappahosic, Virginia.
2001 North/South: the Archaeology of cultural collisions along the West Central Africancoast. Paper read at the conference “The Archaeology of the African Diaspora”, the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, 1-2 December 2001.
2001 The New York African Burial Ground: Toward the Archaeology of Urban Slavery. Paper read at the conference “The Archaeology of the African Diaspora”, the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, 1-2 December 2001.
2001 “Tora-Sira-Tomo: Archaeology of Mounds clusters in Burkina Faso”. University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology Brown Bags Series. September 20, 2001
2000 Toward an Archaeology of Urban Slavery: The African Burial ground, New York. Department of Anthropology Colloquium, University of California, San Diego. April 3, 2000.
2000 The Art and Science of Researching: The African Burial Ground in New York City. Lecture at Grossmont College, San Diego, March 27, 2000.
1999 The Saga of the New York African Burial Ground. Lecture at the Social Science Supper Club, University of California San Diego, December 8, 1999.
1999 At One End of the Network: Distribution Patterns of Imported Goods. Paper presented at the 4th Biennial Complex Societies Meeting, October 29 – 31, 1999: Theme – Networks and Interaction Models. University of California, San Diego.
1999 Tikadouine: Analysis of a Tassilian Painting Station. Lecture presented at the San Diego Archaeological Association. April 27, 1999.
1999 The Formation of Complex Societies in West Africa: The Dhar Tichitt and Houlouf Regions compared. Symposium Diversity in Political hierarchies and Power Relations: Complexity in the Old World, 64th Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archaeologists. Chicago, March 24-28, 1999.
1999 The Archaeology of Complex Social Formations: New Light from West Africa. Lecture, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, March 29, 1999.
1998 Villages, Cities, Chieldoms, and States in West African Prehistory. Paper read as Invited Speaker at 14th Biennal Conference of the Society of Africanists Archaeologists, Plenary Session; Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, May 20-24, 98.
1997 Being Shuwa Arab on the Chadian Plain (Northern Cameroon), Lecture series of the African & African-American Studies Research Project, University of California San Diego, May 2, 1997.
1996 The Archaeology of the Chad Basin, The University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology Lecture series on African Archaeology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 4, 1996.
1996 Genesis of a Chadic Polity, The University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology Lecture series on African Archaeology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 5, 1996.
1996 Inside, Outside: Arab Settlement in the Chad Basin in Ethnoarchaeological Perspective. The University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology Lecture series on African Archaeology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 8, 1996.
1995 Landscape and Late Stone Settlements in the Chadian Plain. Paper presented at Forum for African Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Seminar , « Dynamics of Populations, Movements and Responses to Climatic Changes in Africa, University of Rome « La Sapienza », Italy, 19-21 April 1995.
1995 Les Sociétés Protohistoriques de la Plaine Tchadienne I. Lecture given in European Union Intensive Course Program « International Certificate of African Archaeology« , Free University Bruxels, Belgium, April 24 , 1995.
1995 Les Sociétés Protohistoriques de la Plaine Tchadienne II. Lecture given in European Union Intensive Course Program « International Certificate of African Archaeology« , Free University Bruxels, Belgium, April 26, 1995.
1995 Site Location Strategies, Mound Formation Processes and Settlements Expansion in the Chadian Plain. Paper presented at the 10th Pan African Congress of Prehistory and Related Studies, Harare, Zimbabwe, June 18-23, 1995.
1995 African Mortuary Archaeology: Spatial Analysis of Mortuary Evidence, New York African Burial Ground Project: Specialist’s Planning Meeting; Howard University, Washington D.C., November 11-14, 1995.
1995 Mortuary Variability: A Case Study from the Chadian Plain. Lecture presented at the Bio-Anthropology Laboratory, Howard University, Washingfon D.C., November 16, 1995.
1994 Metallurgy, Iron Technology and African Late Holocene Societies, Lecture read at African Colloqium, Institüt für Afrikanistik der Universität zu Köln, Germany, January 19, 1994.
1993 T.E. Levy and Holl, A., Social Change and the Archaeology of the Holy Land, Colloque International Archaeology in the Holy Land: New Approaches to the Past – The 1990’s and Beyond, University of California, San Diego,January 28-31, 1993.
1993 Holl, A. and T.E. Levy, Social Change and the Archaeology of the Holy Land: The Prehistoric Period, Colloque International Archaeology in the Holy Land: New Approaches to the Past – The 1990’s and Beyond, University of California San Diego, January 28-31, 1993.
1993 Literacy and the State: King Lists from Kanem-Bornu, West Africa Lecture,Winter Colloquim, Department of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego,February 1, 1993.
1993 Pourquoi Décorer ces Pierres? Modes, Temps et Espace dans l’Imagerie Rupestre du Dhar Tichitt (Mauritanie), Lecture series Certificat International d’Archéologie Africaine, Programme Intensif ERASMUS-EEC, Free University, Bruxells, Belgium,April 3-18, 1993.
1993 The Diwan Revisited: Literacy and State Formation in the Chad Basin (AD 1200-1800), Conference on Land, Society and State in Sub-Saharan Africa , Center for African Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, April 21-25, 1993.
1992 The Cemetery of Houlouf in Northern Cameroon: Fragments of a Past Social System, Lecture read presented at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Society of Africanist Archeologists, University of California, Los Angeles, March 26-29, 1992
1992 Micro-Sociological Analysis of a Graveyard: The Cemetery of Houlouf (AD 1500-1600), Lecture read at the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, April 5, 1992 .
1992 African History: Past, Present and Future? The Unending Quest for Alternatives, Advanced Seminar of the School of American Research, Santa Fe, New Mexico, April 26-30, 1992
1992 Temps et Espace dans l’Imagerie Rupestre du Dhar Tichitt, Mauritanie, Congrès International d’Art Rupestre Saharien, Pinerolo, Italy, May 29-30, 1992.
1992 First meeting of the Congrès International de Préhistoire et d’Archéologie Africaine, Instituto Africana, Rome, Italy, September 17-20, 1992; Foundation of the Internatiçonal Forum for African Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
1992 Anatomie du cimetière de Houlouf (AD 1500-1600), Nord-Cameroun,Diagnostic d’hier et d’aujourd’hui, Journée de la Société d’Anthropologie du Sud-Ouest,Bordeaux, France, October 25, 1992.
1992 « Gérer » le luxe: les biens de prestige de Houlouf (Nord-Cameroun), Paper presented at the Colloque L’Objet Archéoloigque Africain et son Devenir, CNRS, Paris, France, November 4 – 6, 1992.
1991 Préhistoire et Protohistoire du bassin tchadien. Lecture, Certificat International d’Archéologie Africaine, EEC, Programme ERASMUS, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium , March 13, 1991.
1990 Apprivoiser la mort, S’approprier l’espace: les cimetières comme enjeu. Séminaire Mégatchad: La Mort dans le Bassin du Lac Tchad: Approches Pluridisciplinaires. ORSTOM, Paris, France, September 12 – 14, 1990.
1989 Ethnicity and Ethnoarchaeology near Lake Chad, West Africa, Lecture at the Nelson Glueck School for Biblical Archaeology, Hebrew Union College, Jerusalem, Israel , June 14, 1989.
1989 Tells et Terroirs: dynamique de l’habitat protohistorique dans le Nord-Cameroun, Communication au Séminaire Mégatchad: Datations et Chronologie dans le Bassin Tchadien, ORSTOM, Bondy, France, September 11-12, 1989.
1987 Of House and Hearths: Archaeology of Empty Pastoral Camps in Northern Cameroon, Symposium Ethnicity and Style, 20th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Archaeology, Calgary, Alberta,, Canada, April 22-26, 1987.
1987 Communities interaction and settlement patterning in northern Cameroon, Symposium Spatial Boundaries and social dynamics, Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference, Bradford, United Kingdom, December 15-17, 1987.
1986 Systématique archéologique et processus culturels : essai d’archéologie régionale dans le secteur de Houlouf (Nord-Cameroun), paper presented at the Colloque international d’archéologie camerounaise Yaoundé, Cameroun, January 5-9, 1986.
1986 Theory and practice in household archaeology, Lecture, French Week , Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, England, March 10-15, 1986.
1986 Mortuary variability and archeaological investigation, Lecture, Archaeological Division, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israël, March 29, 1986.
1986 System theory and the transition from Late Stone Age to Early Iron Age in West Africa, Lecture, W.F. Albright Institute for Archaeological Research, Jerusalem, Israël, April 3, 1986.
1986 The Neolithic communities of the Dhar Tichitt : Socioeconomic organization and settlement dynamics, Conference The Longest Record: The Human Career in Africa, A conference in honor of J. Desmond Clark, University of California, Berkeley, April 12-16, 1986.
1986 The Transition from Neolithic to Iron Age in the Sudano-Sahelian Zone of West Africa : A case study from the Perichadian Plain, Session African Iron Age,The World Archaeological Congress, Southampton, United Kingdom, September 1-7, 1986.
1986 Processes of Technological change: A case study from the Perichadian plain, Session: The Social and Economic Contexts of Technological Change, The World Archaeological Congress , Southampton, September 1-7, 1986.
1986 Variabilité mortuaire et changements culturels dans la plaine du Tchad, Colloque Relations interethniques et culture matérielle dans le bassin du Tchad, Paris, ORSTOM, September 11-12, 1986.
1985 Background to the Ghana Empire: Archaeological investigations on the transition to statehood in the Dhar Tichitt region (Mauritania), Lecture at the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, April 11, 1985.
1984 Transition du néolithique à l’âge du fer dans la plaine péritchadienne : le cas de Mdaga colloque Mégatchad: Études comparatives et historiques dans le bassin du Tchad, Bondy,ORSTOM, October 2-3, 1984.
1984 Mound formation processes and societal transformations: A case study from the Perichadian plain, paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Theoretical Archaeology Group , Glasgow, December 15-18, 1984.
1983 La question de l’âge du fer ancien de l’Afrique Occidentale: essai de méthode, paper read at the Colloque sur La Métallurgie du Fer par le Procédé direct en Afrique et Madagascar, Paris, March 21-27, 1983
1981 Note préliminaire sur la faune et la palynoflore du Dhar Tichitt, paper presented at the Colloque d’archéologie Ouest-africaine, Dakar, December 10-13, 1981.
Languages:
Fluent, speaking and writing: English, French, and Bassa.
German. Reading, Low level speaking
Spanish, Reading