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SUMMARY:AAG Lent 2023 Seminar 1 - Engendering Sustainable Cultural Heritag
 e Preservation in Nigeria: Surkur Cultural Landscape as Case Study - Dr Ak
 inbowale Akintayo\, University of York 
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DESCRIPTION:Sukur cultural landscape is a World Heritage Site in Madagali 
 Local Government Area of Adamawa State\, Nigeria. Situated along Nigeria/C
 ameroon border at an elevation of 1045 m\, the ancient hilltop settlement 
 was famous for iron smelting technology\, flourishing trade and a strong p
 olitical institution that dates to the 16th century CE. Archaeological exc
 avations in the area have yielded iron-smelting furnaces\, shaft and bello
 ws close around houses\, pointing to a complex socio-economic relationship
  that existed within this area. However\, in the last 13 years\, the north
 ern part of Nigeria has witnessed significant destruction from the activit
 ies of the Boko haram sect and Adamawa State is one of the states that has
  suffered devastating blows regarding the destruction of lives\, propertie
 s\, and environment.\n\nTherefore\, this study examined land-use change of
  Sukur using satellite imagery covering the period 2009 – 2021\, analyse
 d at a temporal resolution of 4 years. The results of the analyses showed 
 that there is an exponential increase in the number of buildings between 2
 009 and 2021\, and a significant change in the architecture of buildings. 
 An increase in the amount of precipitation received in the last two years\
 , aided by the nature of the topography of the landscape being a hilltop s
 ettlement have significantly impacted the landscape. Although community en
 gagement has been instrumental in retaining the characteristic landscape o
 f Sukur\, adequate attention needs to be given to this area for it not to 
 lose its integrity as one of the two cultural landscapes in Nigeria.\n\nDr
  Akinbowale Akintayo is a landscape archaeologist specialising in Geograph
 ic Information System and Remote Sensing applications in archaeology. He i
 s currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of York as par
 t of the Mapping Africa’s Endangered Archaeological Sites and Monument (
 MAEASaM) project. In his role\, Akinbowale is applying GIS and remote sens
 ing techniques to document existing archaeological sites and identifying n
 ew ones in Tanzania and Zanzibar.\n\nThis is a hybrid event and will take 
 place in the McDonald Seminar Room in the McDonald Institute for Archaeolo
 gical Research\, Downing Site\, Cambridge. Register here to join online:  
  https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0kcuusrjMiGtG_yUolmTJvAzI04qGGkoVD 
LOCATION:Hybrid/McDonald Seminar Room 
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