Dr. Bandama Awarded Large Grant from European Research Council
Introduction
UIC Lecturer of Anthropology and Field Museum Assistant Curator of African Anthropology Dr. Foreman Bandama is a senior researcher on a grant that was recently awarded 2.8 million Euros (~3.26 million US dollars) for archaeological research in Zambia and Zimbabwe under PI Professor Stephanie Wunne-JonesĀ of University of York. The project is on Zambezian Entanglements in theĀ South Central African Iron Age, pioneering a rare combination of remote sensing technologies (drone-based LIDAR), biomolecular approaches (single-compound isotopes, new generation of aDNA research), archaeology and archaeometallurgy. The project takes a microhistorical approach, enabled by the detailed data produced, with the potential to tell transformative new stories about the African past. As one of the two senior staff and regional experts, Dr. Bandama will oversee fieldwork in Zimbabwean sites and supervise analysis of inorganic artefacts (metals and glass that will be subcontracted to laboratories at the Field Museum). He will also oversee the integration of results across the project team.
Modified on June 25, 2025