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Peter Shinnie

Peter Shinnie

British archaeologist

Peter Lewis Shinnie (January 18, 1915 in London – July 9, 2007 in Calgary) was a British archaeologist and Nubiologist.[1] He was the author of Meroe: A Civilization of the Sudan (1967).[1] He was awarded the Order of the Two Niles in 2004.[2][3][4]

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Works

  • Medieval Nubia (1954)
  • Excavations at Soba (1955)
  • Ghazali, a monastery in the northern Sudan 1961, concerning the Monastery in Ghazali
  • Meroë: A civilization of the Sudan (1967)
  • The African Iron Age (1971)
  • Debeira West, a mediaeval Nubian town (1978)
  • The capital of Kush (1980)
  • Archaeology of Gonja, Ghana: Excavations at Daboya (1989)
  • Ancient Nubia (1995)
  • Early Asante (1995)

Biography

  • A personal memoir by P. L. Shinnie
  • Reminiscences of an archeologist in the Sudan by P. L. Shinnie
  • Peter Lewis Shinnie 1915-2007 by Nicholas David
  • Peter Lewis Shinnie 1915-2007 by Krzysztof A. Grzymski

References

  1. [1]
    Clark, Peter (30 October 2007). "Peter Shinnie". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  2. [2]
    David, Nicholas (1 June 2008). "Peter Lewis Shinnie 1915–2007". African Archaeological Review. 25 (1): 125–129. doi:10.1007/s10437-008-9019-z. ISSN 1572-9842. S2CID 162296651. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  3. [3]
    Pigott, Peter (16 February 2009). Canada in Sudan: War Without Borders. Dundurn. ISBN 978-1-77070-514-2. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Professor Peter Shinnie". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.


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