From Cambridge to Lake Chad : life in archaeology, 1956-1971 / Graham Connah.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Connah, Graham, author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeologists--Biography.

Archaeologists.

Archaeologists--Great Britain--Biography.

Great Britain.

Connah, Graham.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 270 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2019]

Contents:

1 Restarting: March-September 1956 p. 1

2 Essays and excavations: Cambridge, October 1956-October 1959 p. 10

3 Lucky Jim: Cambridge, October 1959-October 1961 p. 40

4 A 'first tour' in Africa: October 1961-July 1962 p. 54

5 Rediscovering one's own country: July-September 1962 p. 82

6 A Benin sequence and Borno reconnaissance: September 1962-June 1964 p. 93

7 A perfect summer: June-September 1964 p. 120

8 Getting to grips with Borno: October 1964-July 1965 p. 127

9 A long sequence at last: August 1965-June 1966 p. 154

10 Island refuge and Nigerian data analysis: July 1966-December 1966 p. 186

11 Borno again and work at Ibadan University: January-September 1967 p. 197

12 Civil war and analysing the Borno data: October 1967-September 1968 p. 220

13 War, analysis, and more excavation: October 1968-September 1969 p. 234

14 Adoption, writing, the war ends: October 1969-September 1970 p. 253

15 Study leave and goodbye to all that: October 1970-September 1971 p. 259.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-270).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

1784919586

9781784919580

OCLC:

1078932167

Publisher Number:

99980299848