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ACDF REPORT - brief updates by the inaugural recipients of the African Chronometric Dating Fund in 2023

Please see attached a report containing brief updates by the inaugural recipients of the African Chronometric Dating Fund in 2023. As a member of SAfA, your support has been vital to the development and continuance of this scheme. We hope that these updates demonstrate the outsized impact of these relatively small grants both for the career progression of the individual researchers and more broadly for archaeology research on the continent. Please help us to spread the word about this scheme, both to potential applicants and to potential donors! 

Vous trouverez ci-joint un rapport contenant de brèves mises à jour des premiers bénéficiaires du Fonds africain de datation chronométrique en 2023. En tant que membre de la SAfA, votre soutien a été essentiel au développement et à la poursuite de ce programme. Nous espérons que ces mises à jour démontrent l'importance de ces subventions relativement modestes à la fois pour la progression de la carrière des chercheurs individuels et, plus largement, pour la recherche archéologique sur le continent. Aidez-nous à faire connaître ce programme, tant aux candidats potentiels qu'aux donateurs potentiels !

ACDF_22-23_reports_for_membership_v2.pdf



ANNOUNCEMENT: African Chronometric Dating Fund Awards Recipients 2023-2024

ACDF Awards 2024 .pdf       

It is with great pleasure that the ACDF announces its radiocarbon dating funding awards for 2023-24.  They include seven (7) successful applicants from five (5) countries out of fourteen (14) projects received.

C'est avec grand plaisir que l'ACDF annonce le résultat de ses financements pour des datations radiocarbones en 2023-24.  Nous avons retenus sept (7) dossiers en provenance de cinq (5) pays sur un total de quatorze (14) projets reçus.

Siaw Appiah-Adu from Ghana (PhD student, Syracuse University) / Siaw Appiah-Adu du Ghana (Doctorant, Syracuse University)

Mariama Ba from Senegal (PhD student, Université Cheikh Anta Diop) / Mariama Ba du Sénégal (Doctorante, Université Cheikh Anta Diop)

Hantissié Hervé Farma from Burkina Faso (Archaeologist) / Hantissié Hervé Farma du Burkina Faso (Archéologue)

Elikplim Emmanuel Kuto from Ghana (PhD student, Northwestern University) / Elikplim Emmanuel Kuto du Ghana (Doctorant, Northwestern University)

Chiamaka Lauretta Mangut from Nigeria (PhD student, Columbia University) / Chiamaka Lauretta Mangut du Nigéria (Doctorante, Columbia University)

Amos Matoh from Nigéria (Archaeologist) / Amos Matoh du Nigeria (Archéologue)

Souhila Merzoug from Algeria (Archaeologist) / Souhila Merzoug d’Algérie (Archéologue)

Congratulations to you all!

Félicitations à tous!

Philip de Barros
ACDF Chair



ANNOUNCEMENT: ACDF-Poznan Radiocarbon Lab Agreement for Rate of 256 €/Sample:

Instructions for Participating SAfA Members

English: Poznan ACDF Agreement and Instructions 256 Euro per C14 sample for SAfA members.docx

APPLICATION INFORMATION:

The African Chronometric Dating Fund (ACDF), an initiative of the Society of Africanist Archaeologists (SAfA), the PanAfrican Archaeological Association (PAA), and the British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA), encourages applications from scholars seeking to improve regional radiocarbon chronologies within the African continent.

Le Fonds africain de datation chronométrique (ACDF), une initiative de la Société des Archéologues africanistes (SAfA), de l'Association panafricaine d'archéologie (PAA) et du British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA), encourage les demandes de chercheurs désireux d’améliorer les chronologies régionales par le radiocarbone sur le continent africain.

Each applicant is eligible to apply for funding up to a maximum of $2,000 (USD) for radiometric dating. 

Chaque candidat peut prétendre à un financement d’un montant maximum de 2 000 dollars (USD). 

2023-2024 Proposal Application Forms

Application (English): Application English.pdf

Application (français): Application francais.pdf

Radiocarbon Dating Tutorial

Tutorial (English): C14 tutorial (EN) for SAfA.pdf

Tutorial (français): C14 tutorial (FR) for SAfA.pdf

Stratigraphic Context Tutorial

Tutorial (English): Stratigraphic Context Tutorial English.pdf

Tutorial (français)Stratigraphic Context Tutorial francais.pdf

AFRICAN CHRONOMETRIC DATING FUND AWARDS 2023-24

English: EN - Award Announcements 2023-24.pdf

français: FR - Résultat du financement 2023-24.pdf

AFRICAN CHRONOMETRIC DATING FUND AWARDS 2022-23

English: EN - Awards Announcements 2022-23.pdf

françaisFR - Résultat du financement 2022-23.pdf

ANNOUNCEMENT: ACDF-Poznan Radiocarbon Lab Agreement for Rate of 256 €/Sample:

Instructions for Participating SAfA Members

English: Poznan ACDF Agreement and Instructions 256 Euro per C14 sample for SAfA members.docx