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Earthwork Landscapes of Protection and Regulation - Tomos Evans, PhD Dissertation Defense
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PhD Dissertation Defense, Tomos Evans
"Earthwork Landscapes of Protection and Regulation: Chronology, Construction, and Meaning at Sungbo’s Eredo, Africa’s Largest Known Structure"
Tomos's dissertation defense will focus on the history and archaeology of Sungbo's Eredo in southern Nigeria, a 100-mile-long linear earthwork of banks and ditches, and the largest known anthropogenic structure in Africa. Drawing upon archival, archaeological, and ethnographic evidence, he will address questions of when, how, and why this massive, monumental landscape was constructed and used, and the evolving ways in which it was engaged with and conceptualized by Ijebu-Yoruba communities in the region
Contact: [[rawilliams01, Richard Williams]], Administrative Coordinator
Sponsored by: Anthropology