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Merrick Posnansky
Merrick Posnansky (08 March 1931) is a British historical archaeologist, anthropologist, researcher , teacher and author.

He worked as a curator for the Uganda Museum and also served as the 31st president of the Uganda Society between 1964-1965

Education
Posnansky was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England as the 10th of 11 children to Simon and Dora (Cohen) Posnansky.

He completed a Bachelor of Arts in History and Geography at the University of Nottingham in 1952 and later a diploma in Prehistoric Archaeology at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge in 1953.

Under the supervision of Henry Hurd Swinnerton, he obtained his PhD in Archaeology from the University of Nottingham in 1956. According to his profile in the Historical ArchaeologyJournal, his research dealt with "the Pleistocene chronology and prehistoric archaeology of the English East Midlands while his dissertation covered some of the archaeology of more recent periods".

Kenya
Upon the suggestion of Grahame Clark, Posnansky first travelled to Africa in 1956 to work for the Royal National Parks of Kenya,. Posnansky was a Professor of Archaeology at the University of Ghana. He also conducted research and taught in Kenya and Uganda for 20 years.

Uganda
In 1958, Posnansky worked as curator at the Uganda Museum. He held that position for four years

Ghana
In 1967, Merrick moved to Ghana as a professor and chair of the Archaeology Department at the University of Ghana, Legon

He worked as a Director of the African Studies Program at Makerere University College, Uganda.

He is a former Director of the Institute of Archaeology and the James S. Coleman African Studies Centre.

Awards

 * 2003 : J.C Harrington Medal in Historical Archaeology

Publications
Selected Articles


 * Posnansky, Merrick. (2010). "Aspects of Early West African Trade". World Archaeology. Volume 5, 1973, Issue 2: Trade. https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.1973.9979562
 * Posnansky, Merrick. (2010). "African archaeology comes of age." World Archaeology. Volume 13, 1982, Issue 3: Regional traditions of archaeological research II. https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.1982.9979838
 * Posnansky, Merrick. (2009). "Pottery Types from Archaeological sites in East Africa." The Journal of African History. Volume 2, Issue 2, July 1961, pp.177 -198. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853700002401
 * Posnansky, Merrick., & McIntosh, Roderick. (2009). "New Radiocarbon Dated for Northern and Western Africa". The Journal of African History. Volume 17, Issue 2, April 1976, pp.161 - 195. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853700001286