Peter Lewis Shinnie (January 18, 1915 in

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– July 9, 2007 in

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) was a British

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

and

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nist.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 The Order of the Two Niles () is a state decoration of Sudan established on 16 November 1961 during Ibrahim Abboud's military government. The Order of the Two Niles – White and Blue Niles – is Sudan's second-highest honour after the Order ...

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 The Monastery in Ghazali is a medieval Christian monastery in the Bayuda Desert in northern Sudan. Probably founded by the Makurian king Merkurios in the late 7th century, it functioned until the 13th century. Archaeological research Almost a ...

* ''

Meroë Meroë (; also spelled ''Meroe''; Meroitic: or ; ar, مرواه, translit=Meruwah and ar, مروي, translit=Meruwi, label=none; grc, Μερόη, translit=Meróē) was an ancient city on the east bank of the Nile about 6 km north-east ...

- A civilization of the Sudan'' (1967) * ''The African Iron Age'' (1971) * ''

Debeira Debeira is an archaeological site in Sudan situated on the eastern bank of the Nile some 20 kilometres north of Wadi Halfa. Early period Excavations brought to light a necropolis of the C-Group culture.Jean Vercoutter, New Egyptian Inscriptions, K ...

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