Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences | Department of Archaeology | Department of Northeast African Archaeology and Cultural Studies | Who and what is AKNOA? Who and what is AKNOA? Northeast African Archaeology and Cultural Studies (AKNOA) is a part of the Department of Archaeology and comprises three main topics and several courses of study (BA, MA, and PhD). Topics of Study Material culture Multimodal communication Languages and writing systems People