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210. Excavations at Igbo-Ukwu, Eastern Nigeria: An Interim Report

scholarly article published November 1960

217. Further Excavations at Igbo-Ukwu, Eastern Nigeria: An Interim Report

scholarly article published November 1965

Academic Freedom

African Art. By Frank Willett. 8 × 5½. Pp. 288 + 261 illustrations (of which 61 are in colour and 3 are maps). London: Thames & Hudson, 1971. £2.10.

African archaeology: looking back and looking forward

scientific article published in 1989

Appreciation for Peter Ucko, Emeritus Professor of Comparative Archaeology and former Director of the Institute of Archaeology, UCL (1996–2006)

scientific article published in December 2007

Archaeology in Nigeria

scholarly article by Thurstan Shaw published in September 1969

Attribution of function: another cautionary tale

Colette Roubet, Henri-Jean Hugot & Georges Souville (eds): Préhistoire africaine: mélanges offerts au Doyen Lionel Balout. Recherche sur les grandes civilisations, Synthèse No. 6. Paris: Editions ADPF, 1981. 376 pp., numerous figs. English price:

Francis Van Noten: The archaeology of Central Africa. Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1982. 100 pp., 40 figs., 32 pls. (8 in colour)

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G. Caton Thompson: The Zimbabwe culture: ruins and reactions. Second edition, with a new introduction by the author. London: Cass, 1971. 358 pp., 73 pls., 26 figs. £8.20

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Gao and Igbo-Ukwu: Beads, interregional trade, and beyond

scholarly article by Timothy Insoll published in March 1997

Goodwin's graft, Burkitt's craft

Ife

encyclopedia article

Ife in the History of West African Sculpture. By Frank Willett. 10 × 7½. Pp. 232 + 110 pls. + 41 figs. London: Thames & Hudson, 1967. £4. 4s

Igbo-Ukwu

encyclopedia article

In Praise of Interdisciplinary Archaeology

scholarly article by Thurstan Shaw published in June 1977

J. Z. Young, E. M. Jope & K. P. Oakley (eds): The emergence of man. A joint symposium of the Royal Society and the British Academy. London: The Royal Society and The British Academy, 1981. 216 pp., 6 pls. (in colour), 65 figs., 7 tables. £21.00

James Kirkman: Fort Jesus: a Portuguese fortress on the East African coast. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1974. 327 pp., 84 figs., 44 pls. £12.50

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Letters to the Editor

scientific article published in December 1981

Metal Sources and the Bronzes From Igbo-Ukwu, Nigeria

scientific article published in 1997

Neville Chittick: Kilwa: an Islamic trading city on the East African coast. Nairobi: British Institute in Eastern Africa, 1974. 2 vols., 514 pp., 171 pls., (3 in colour), 185 figs. £25.H. Neville Chittick and Robert I. Rotberg (eds.): East Africa an

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Out of Africa and out of context

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Statistics in Archaeology

scholarly article by Thurstan Shaw published in June 1969

The 'Mysterious' Ruins of Great Zimbabwe

scholarly article by Thurstan Shaw published March 1992 in Interdisciplinary Science Reviews

The Archaeology of Africa: Food, Metals and Towns

scientific article published in 1996

The Petrology of Archaeological Artefacts

scholarly article by Thurstan Shaw published in January 1984

The contemporary plundering of Africa’s past

scientific article published in March 1997

Unearthing Igbo-Ukwu: Archaeological Discoveries in Eastern Nigeria

scholarly article by Marla Berns published in July 1978

Whose heritage?

scientific article published on 26 July 2010

Whose heritage?1

scientific article published on 26 July 2010