Roger Summers Explained

Roger Summers (1907-2003) was a Zimbabwean archaeologist, who worked for the National Museums and Monuments Commission from 1947 - 1970 and was described as "a major influence in the formative years of Zimbabwean, then. Rhodesian, archaeology".^[1] He came into conflict with the Rhodesian government due to his refusal to deny the African origins of Great Zimbabwe.^[2] He worked extensively on Great Zimbabwe,^[3] Nyanga^{[4] [5]} and more generally on the Iron Age in Zimbabwe^[6] and on ancient mining in Zimbabwe^[7]

References

1. Roger Summers 1907-2003. Soper. Robert. Robert Soper. 10.1080/00672700309480373. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa. 38. 2003. 217–218.
2. Book: De Baets, A.. Censorship of Historical Thought - a World Guide 1945 - 2000. Greenwood Press. London. 2002. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090327114818/http://arts.eldoc.ub.rug.nl/FILES/publications/general/Historical/2002/debaets_zimbabwe/zimbabwe.pdf. 2009-03-27.
3. Book: Summers, Roger. 1970. The Rhodesian Iron Age. J.D. Fage . Roland Oliver. Papers in African Prehistory. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-09566-2.
4. Inyanga: a preliminary report. Roger. Summers. Antiquity. 1952.
5. Book: Summers, Roger. Inyanga: prehistoric settlements in Southern Rhodesia. 1958. University Press. 335.
6. The Iron Age of Southern Rhodesia. Roger. Summers. Current Anthropology. 7. 1966. 463–484. 10.1086/200753.
7. Ancient Mining in Rhodesia. Roger. Summers. Museum Memoir. 3. 1969. Mardon Printers. 236.