The Future of Archaeology Starts Here
Advancing Careers. Advancing Understanding.
Aaron Douglas, “An Idyll of the Deep South,” 1934
For Academic Excellence and Social Responsibility.
Since 2011 A 501C3 Nonprofit Organization
Advocating to ensure proper treatment of African and African Diaspora material culture, promote more people of African descent to enter the field of archaeology, ensure community collaborations, raise and address concerns related to African peoples worldwide, and highlights the past and present achievements and contributions people of African descent have made to the field of archaeology.
Archaeology in the Time of Black Lives Matter
Two weeks after the initial panel, 60 attendees gathered for a workshop geared towards creating a resource guide that would rest as the foundation of an an anti-racist archaeological praxis.
Strength in Numbers
A Vibrant, Global Community of Peers
Join SBA and join a cadre of scholars around the globe as we form a community of similar yet diverse student and professional archaeologists grappling with the challenges of preserving heritage, sharing insight, and molding a new, more equitable, and just future for archaeology and the world.
Member Spotlight
Where Black Archaeology Is Happening Now
Gabby Omoni Hartemann
Gabby Omoni Hartemann’s research centers on the continuity of lived experiences of Africans in the …
Pascale Boucicaut
Pascale Boucicaut is a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley. Boucicaut’s work marries …
Dr. Solange Ashby
Dr. Solange Ashby is currently a President’s Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA and in 2022 will …
Stories of Archaeology While Black
An Oral History Series
Dr. George Abungu
In this interview Dr. George Abungu describes his education at the University of Nairobi and…
Dr. Alexandra Jones
At the Society for Historical Archaeology conference in Quebec, Canada, Dr. Ayana Flewellen sat down…
Dr. Peggy Brunache
Dr. Peggy Brunache is a lecturer at Dundee University, culinary consultant and has done numerous…
Black Archeologists in the Media
News with, by, or about SBA Members
Your Attention Please: Initiative 29
Learn about the story of Loíza, the ancestral heart and soul of the Afro-Puerto Rican …
PrevYour Attention Please: Season 2, Episode 3
Hosted by Craig Robinson, this series introduces us to Black innovators and creators who are …
DWP with Nat Geo and Podcast
Meet a group of vibrant scuba divers determined to find, document and positively identify slave …