Archaeological Education in Nigeria: Concepts, Methods, Challenges, and Recommendations

For over four decades, archaeological education in Nigeria has been confined to university education curricula with little or no attention paid to teaching the subject at primary and secondary school levels. This paper puts forward some viable concepts and methods needed for the introduction and teaching of archaeology at these levels in Nigeria. These include both formal and informal teaching methods. This paper highlights some problems or challenges that may arise during the implementation process and gives some recommendations. The paper concludes that archaeological education should not be for adults alone. It should also be made available to the young ones.