Merrick Posnansky

Merrick Posnansky (8 March 1931 – 29 September 2024) was a British archaeologist. He worked as a curator for the Uganda Museum and also served as the 31st president of the Uganda Society between 1964 and 1965

Education Posnansky 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".

Uganda In 1958, Posnansky worked as curator at the Uganda Museum. He held that position for four years. He worked as a Director of the African Studies Program at Makerere University College, Uganda.

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.177–98. 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