Historical Archaeology in the East Midlands and East Africa

Personal Reflections

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ID2999302
AuthorsMerrick Posnansky (University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume2
Issue2
Pages172-176
Publication date2013-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2161-9441 • E-ISSN: 2161-9468
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1179/2161944113z.00000000010
OpenAlexW2101035774
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited12

After obtaining his doctorate in archaeology at Nottingham University in 1956, Merrick Posnansky conducted research and taught in Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda for twenty years. He served in a succession of positions, including Curator of the Uganda Museum, Director of the African Studies Program at Makerere University College, Uganda, and Professor of Archaeology at the University of Ghana. Posnansky joined the faculty of the University of California at Los Angeles in 1977. He has conducted research in fourteen African countries and trained generations of Africanist researchers. Author of numerous publications, Posnansky prepared this article for a symposium at the 2013 annual conference of the Society for Historical Archaeology to provide a brief overview of the development of the fields of historical archaeology of British, African, and African diaspora sites over the last half century

Archaeology · Diaspora · Geography · Library science · Sociology · Anthropology · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Gender Studies · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History

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