Professor Thurstan Shaw CBE, FBA, FSA: appreciation and remembrance: The passing of Thurstan Shaw on 8 March 2013 at the age of 98 marks the end of an era in archaeological history. He was the last of the great founder figures of African Archaeology, including renowned personalities such as Desmond Clark and Peter Shinnie. He laid the foundations of Ghanaian and Nigerian archaeology, founded the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at Ibadan, and was for the Igbo an honorary leader, his title Onuna-Ekwulu Ora: the voice that speaks on behalf of Igbo-Ukwu. He will be particularly remembered for his finds of remarkable lost-wax brass castings at Igbo-Ukwu: an early blow against assertions of African backwardness (Shaw 1970, 1977). But more than this, Thurstan Shaw was greatly beloved, not only as an archaeologist, but as a keen humanitarian of broad passions and interests…… Report received by James from Kevin. C. MacDonald* Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 3134 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY, United Kingdom……..
Posted on: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 17:01:41 +0000
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