Background
Sutton, John E.G. was born on May 22, 1937 in Reading, Berkshire, England. Son of Edward C. and Nora Ruby (Giles) Sutton.
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A Thousand Years in East Africa
(In reviewing the work of the BIEA this volume summarises ...)
In reviewing the work of the BIEA this volume summarises the history and development of Eastern Africa. Prominent subjects include: the town of ntusi in the 11-14th cents, and the background to the inter lacustrine kingdoms; irrigation cultivators at Engaruka below the rift escarpment 300 to 500 years ago; the Siriwake livestock specialists in the high grasslands until the Maasai Revolution; salt and iron industries through the ages; the flowering of Swahili towns and their place in the world of islam; Kilwa, the 14th century palace of Husuni Kubwa and the Zimbabwe gold trade.
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The Archaeology of the Western Highlands of Kenya.
(Memoir Number Three of the British Institute in Eastern A...)
Memoir Number Three of the British Institute in Eastern Africa
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John E.G. Sutton
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Master of Arts, Oxford (England) University, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, University East Africa, Makerere (Uganda), 1965.
Career
Lecturer, senior lecturer University Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1965-1973. Head department archeology Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, 1974-1977. Professor archeology University Ghana, Legon, 1977-1982.
Visiting fellow Wolfson College Oxford University, 1982-1983. Director British Institute Eastern Africa, Nairobi, 1983-1998, Leverhulme emeritus fellow East Africa, 1998-2000.
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A Thousand Years in East Africa
(In reviewing the work of the BIEA this volume summarises ...)
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The Archaeology of the Western Highlands of Kenya.
(Memoir Number Three of the British Institute in Eastern A...)
- Dar es Salaam - City, Port and Region. (Tanzania Notes and Records, No. 71)
- A Thousand Years in East Africa by John E. G. Sutton (1990-12-31)
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A Thousand Years in East Africa
Membership
Member governor board Ghana National Museum, Accra, 1979-1981. Member council Pan African Congress of Prehistory, 1983-1995. Fellow Society of Antiquaries.
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Married Inez B. Jarrick, 1970. Children: Tamar, Ruth.
