Dr Alex Schoeman
Professor
School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies
University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa
Biography
Dr Alex Schoeman is currently working as Associate Professor of Archaeology at University of Witwatersrand. Dr Alex Schoeman leads the Bokoni farmscapes project, which is making a significant contribution to understandings of the complexity of precolonial farming in Africa. Currently, the project is exploring the people of Bokoni’s relationships with the social, economic, physical and environmental conditions under which Bokoni farmers established the system of stone built terrace agriculture that left such an extensive archaeological footprint in Mpumalanga. Dr Schoeman is a member of the African Farming Network, which has been established to share knowledge and develop research capacity concerning the archaeology, history, development and current operation of farming systems across Africa.
Research Interest
Archaeology of farming community households African farming systems Archaeology of ritual Gender Last 2000 years in southern Africa Interaction between farmers and hunter-gatherers
