Neville Chittick

Dr. Neville H. Chittick (1924–1984) was a British scholar and archaeologist. His expeditions and residence in east Africa produced a body of research into the ancient and pre- colonial sites of Aksum, Hafun, Kilwa Kisiwani, and the port of Manda Island. In 1961, after working in Sudan as the director of antiquitiesOgot, 2003. (p. 308). and in Tanganyika as the first conservator of antiquities, he was appointed the first director of The British Institute in Eastern Africa in Nairobi serving until 1983.

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• The British Institute in Eastern Africa. (2008). BIEA Directors. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
• Bethwell A. Ogot. (2003). My Footprints on the Sands of Time: An Autobiography. Trafford Publishing. ISBN 1412003407.
• British Embassy, Addis Ababa. (2008). History of the embassy: Britain in Ethiopia. Post-War Co-operation. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
• Munro-Hay, Stuart C. (1989). Excavations at Aksum : An account of research at the ancient Ethiopian capital directed in 1972-4 by the late Dr. Neville Chittick. British Institute in Eastern Africa. ISBN 0500970084.

Category: British archaeologists