The MAEASaM project is working to identify and document endangered archaeological heritage sites across eight African countries, dated from the Palaeolithic/Early Stone Age to the 20th century, then share this information to help protect them.
Using a combination of remote sensing, records-based research and selective archaeological surveys, the team is building comprehensive and up-to-date records of site types and distributions, which will be made available in an open access Arches geospatial relational database tailored for different interest groups and stakeholders.
Past, present and potential future threats to these sites will be identified and assessed, and approaches to enhancing long-term site protection measures and new management policies will be developed with the project’s Africa-based partners and collaborators. MAEASaM is supported by Arcadia – a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin - and hosted by the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University  of Cambridge, which acts as the coordinating body and grant holder (Principal Investigator, Professor Paul Lane and Project manager, Dr Stefania Merlo).

Official website: https://maeasam.org/