Abstract
This foundational article reports on the Igbo-Ukwu Archaeological and Heritage Project, which undertook its first field season in November 2019. The project’s fieldwork was conducted more than six decades after the pioneering excavations carried out by Shaw in the 1960s. The initial phase of the project was guided by three key objectives: providing archaeology education for secondary school students; documenting community memories and historical narratives associated with the 1960s excavations; and delivering archaeological field training for residents. Overall, the project is significant in charting a pathway for renewed research at Igbo-Ukwu and in addressing longstanding, unresolved questions concerning the archaeology of the site and, more broadly, the archaeology of Igboland.
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