ABSTRACT
The role of education in archaeology cannot be overemphasized. It aims to teach people the value of their heritage and its fundamental impact on their lives and their future. In Kenya, however, archaeology has played a peripheral role in professional and academic circles for a long time. In fact, archaeology is not a subject of study at either the primary or secondaryschool levels in this country. Not until university can students learn something about this discipline, but even then, archaeology is usually treated as an adjunct of history. Archaeology is considered as simply a means of extending the human historical record beyond the realms of the written record (Wandibba 1990; also see Mbunwe-Samba, Niba & Akenji 1994; Pwiti 1994).
