Peter Lewis Shinnie (January 18, 1915 in London – July 9, 2007 in

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and Africanist.Guardian:obituary 30 Oct 2007
/ref> He was the author of ''Meroe - A Civilization of the Sudan'' (1967). He was awarded the Order of the Two Niles in 2004.

Works

* ''Medieval Nubia'' (1954) * ''Excavations at

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'' (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

Peter Shinnie bibliography
1915 births 2007 deaths British expatriates in Canada 20th-century British archaeologists Recipients of orders, decorations, and medals of Sudan {{UK-archaeologist-stub