Society of Fellows Archaeology Postdoctoral Scholar
Areas of interest
archaeology, object conservation, material science, west african archaeology, crafts and ancient technologies, ancient economies, and social organization.
Excavation and research
Since 2009, I have worked on and led archaeological projects in Nigeria (the Owu Project, the Old Oyo Project, and the Igbo Ukwu Project), Qatar, Papua New Guinea, Turkey, and Italy. My work explores the intersection of crafts production, ancient economies, and social organization particularly the bi-directional relationship between craft economies and sociopolitical structures. I am also interested in the preservation and presentation of heritage materials with a focus on sustainable and community-oriented approaches to heritage management. Presently, my work focuses on ancient Igbo Ukwu one of the prominent archaeological sites in West Africa. I am investigating the social organization and the structure of crafts economy in the ancient society exploring how production was organized, who participated in it, and the role of local crafts systems in broader networks of trade and cultural exchanges in ancient West African societies.
Representative publication list
Iyunoluwa Ademola-Popoola & Elizabeth Adeyemo 2024. The Relevance of Professional Ethics and Code of Conduct in The Advancement of Theory and Praxis in Archaeology and Anthropology in Nigeria. Humanitas Magazine, University of Ibadan.
Adeyemo E. O. and Ugochukwu Okoye 2023. Archaeological objects in the performance of sociopolitical belonging in Igbo Ukwu, Southeastern Nigeria. Global Perspectives Journal (Vol.4, No.1).
Adeyemo E.O. and Abiola Ibirogba 2023.The Yoruba: From Prehistory to the Present, written by Aribidesi Usman and Toyin Falola, The Yoruba: A New History, written by Akinwumi Ogundiran Book Review. Journal of African Archaeology.