UO Condon Hall
Anthropology
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Victoria Olajide

Graduate Student
Anthropology
volajide@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5109
Office: 365/366 Condon Hall
Office Hours: Wednesdays 1- 2 pm via zoom or by appointment
Research Interests: Archaeobotany, Palynology, Paleoenvironmetal reconstruction, Late Stone Age, Origins and transmission of food production, Ceramic analysis, Stone to Metal Age transitions, West African archaeology
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Education

M.Sc., Anthropology, University of Ibadan (2018) B.Sc., Archaeology, University of Ibadan (2015)

Research Interests

Archaeobotany, Palynology, Late Stone Age, Social complexities, Origins of forest agriculture and food production, Faunal analysis

Research

Victoria Olajide is an environmental archaeologist whose career objective is to contribute towards creating awareness on archaeology in Nigeria and West Africa. She received her Bachelor’s and Master of Science degree in Archaeology at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Victoria specialises in archeobotanical studies using palynological and macrobotanical methods. She has also participated in different fieldwork and research in Nigeria ,West Africa.

Her research interests primarily include understanding human- environment interactions, particularly through the understanding of plant use; paleoenvironmental reconstruction of Late Stone Age environments in West Africa. Her doctoral research will be focused on investigating the implications of socio-cultural and technological transformations in prehistoric Yorubaland, Nigeria.

In addition, she has teaching experience in undergraduate archaeology courses in Nigeria and the University of Oregon,USA

Honors and Awards

  • 2020-21     General University Scholarship Award, University of Oregon USA
  • 2019-20     Graduate School Promising Scholar Award, University of Oregon, USA
  • 2019-20     The Lokey Graduate Science Award, University of Oregon, USA
  • 2019-24     Graduate Employee Position, University of Oregon, USA

Teaching

Sept- Dec 2020 Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, USA

Graduate Employee

Courses Taught: ANTH 260

Introduction to Animal Domestication

 

March - June 2021 Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, USA

Graduate Employee

Courses Taught: ANTH 342

Archaeology of Egypt and the Near East

 

Jan- March 2021 Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, USA

Graduate Employee

Courses Taught: ANTH 145

Introduction to Principles of Archaeology

 

Sept- Dec 2020 Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, USA

Graduate Employee

Courses Taught: ANTH 260

Introduction to Animal Domestication

 

2016 - 2017     Department of Archaeology & Anthropology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan

Undergraduate Tutorial Coordinator

Courses Taught:

Introduction to Archaeology

Environmental Archaeology

Archaeology of West Africa

 

2016 – 2017       Department of Archaeology & Anthropology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan

Graduate Field Assistant

Task: Supervision of Undergraduates during the 2016 field School at Ajibode, University of Ibadan, Oyo State