Department Head: Senait Bahta
B.A., Addis Ababa
U.D./M.A., University of Kent
Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Specialization: Cultural Anthropology
Email: senait@asmara.uoa.edu.er

Overview:

The department of Anthropology and Archaeology was founded in 2002/2001 (formerly it had been part of the department of Sociology and Anthropology). Students are offered a major in both Anthropology and Archaeology, taking an equal number of required courses from both fields.

The objective of the department is to train Anthropologists whose knowledge about the norms, values, customs, traditions, belief systems and languages of the various Eritrean ethnic groups may be used in the formulation and implementation of socio-economic policies and in the solution of development problems in the country. The Department also aims to train Anthropologists and Archaeologists who will work as cultural resource specialists at different levels in order to protect and conserve Archaeological sites, enforce antiquities regulation ,and manage, study and interpret material culture objects.

Graduates from this program may find employment opportunities in museums, in a number of government ministries, in non-governmental organizations, research institutes, rural and urban community development projects, private consultancy offices and in private sector tourism.

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