P. L. Shinnie
Birth namePeter Lewis Shinnie
Birth dateJanuary 18, 1915
Birth placeLondon, United Kingdom
Death dateJuly 9, 2007 (aged 92)
Death placeCalgary, Canada
WorkplacesUniversity of Ghana
University of Khartoum
University of Calgary
AwardsOrder of the Two Niles

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]

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. ^ Clark, Peter (30 October 2007). "Peter Shinnie". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  2. ^ David, Nicholas (2008-06-01). "Peter Lewis Shinnie 1915–2007". African Archaeological Review. 25 (1): 125–129. doi:10.1007/s10437-008-9019-z. ISSN 1572-9842. S2CID 162296651
  3. ^ Pigott, Peter (2009-02-16). Canada in Sudan: War Without Borders. Dundurn. ISBN 978-1-77070-514-2. Archived 22 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Professor Peter Shinnie". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Archived 13 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2023-03-13.