AWARD 11.29.23 Photo: Tom Daly Dr. Olanrewaju Lasisi, a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Race, Place, and Equity at the University of Virginia School of Architecture was recently awarded a prestigious Field Discovery Award by the Shanghai Archaeology Forum (SAF) in recognition of his doctoral research, Landscapes of Power: Architecture, Ritual, and Astronomy in the Making of …
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Nigerian Archaeologist, Dr Lasisi, recognized Internationally as He receives the 2023 SAF Field Discovery Award
Dr. Olanrewaju Lasisi of the University of Virginia has won the 2023 SAF Field Discovery Award, presented by the Shanghai Archaeology Forum. His project, "Landscapes of Power: Architecture, Ritual, and Astronomy in the Making of the Yoruba World," investigates the link between social structure, rituals, and astronomy in the ancient Yoruba civilization. With a unique approach combining archaeology with ethnography, and archaeoastronomy, Dr. Lasisi has offered invaluable insights about Ijebu-Yoruba Kingdom's power dynamics, urbanism, and cosmology.
OLANREWAJU LASISI 