International Journal of Research in Arts and Social Sciences Vol 1 2009 Page 263 A Preliminary Report On Recent Archaeological Field School On Iron Working Sites In Nsukka Plateau: Onyohor, Ekwegbe and Obimo, Nigeria E. I. Itanyi and Emeka E. Okonkwo Abstract As part of the on-going conference of West African Archaeological Association (WAAA) tagged “Archaeology of West Africa” aimed at re-examining archaeological researches in West Africa so as to chart a way forward, the researchers decided to present a documentation of some “Recent Archaeological Field School on Iron Working Sites in Nsukka Plateau” with special emphasis on Onyohor and Ekwegbe, both in Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area and Obimo town in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State. The aim of these researches is not only to teach students field archaeology, but also to document these sites as a way of conserving them while using the relics/artifacts recovered from them to reconstruct the culture history of the present inhabitants of the areas under study. These researches are jointly done by the staff and students of the Department of Archaeology and Tourism, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Iron working is an age long technology of Africans and should be seen as such. Unfortunately, this technology is dwindling, if not becoming obsolete. Traditional/indigenous iron smelting has gone into oblivion. We only see patches of blacksmiths here and there. This technology has to be preserved where ever their relics could be found as they tell much about the technological and artistic ingenuity of our fore-fathers who invariably were the makers. They are part of our cultural patrimony.