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Chief Charles Thurstan Shaw CBE FBA FSA (27 June 1914 – 8 March 2013) was an English archaeologist, the first trained specialist to work in what was then British West Africa. He specialized in the ancient cultures of present-day Ghana and Nigeria.
Charles Thurstan Shaw war ein britischer Archäologe, der in den westafrikanischen Kolonialgebieten Großbritanniens arbeitete. Sein Schwerpunkt lag auf den Kulturen auf dem Gebiet der Staaten Ghana und Nigeria.
(Charles) Thurstan Shaw (1914-2013) was an archaeologist, especially of West Africa. He was the second son of the Revd John Herbert Shaw and Grace Irene Shaw (née Woolart), and attended Blundell’s School, Tiverton and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (BA 1936, MA 1941, PhD 1968).
Firstly, the author gives biographical information on the man, Shaw. This is followed by a brief survey of the history of archaeology in Nigeria with emphasis on Shaw's impact on the growth of the discipline. Thirdly, the author discusses Shaw's contributions to the understanding of aspects of Nigerian culture history. He concludes with the ...
30. Nov. 2022 · When Thurstan Shaw published the full report on his 1959–1964 excavations, he sought to define an “Igbo-Ukwu Culture” following the archaeological interpretive traditions of the day.
- Keith Ray
- RayK1@Cardiff.ac.uk
This obituary for Charles Thurstan Shaw, who died on 8th March 2013, appeared on The Telegraph 's website on 31st March. The first trained archaeologist to work in what was then British West Africa, during the 1950s Shaw helped to found the Ghana National Museum and the archaeology department at the University of Ghana.
Born in Devon in 1914 and educated at Blundell’s School, Tiverton, and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, Charles Thurstan Shaw read classics before taking a first in archaeology and...
