Roger Summers

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 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. Soper, Robert (2003). "Roger Summers 1907-2003". Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa 38: 217–218. doi:10.1080/00672700309480373.
2. De Baets, A. (2002). Censorship of Historical Thought — a World Guide 1945–2000 (PDF). London: Greenwood Press.
3. Summers, Roger (1970). "The Rhodesian Iron Age". In J.D. Fage and Roland Oliver. Papers in African Prehistory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-09566-2.
4. Summers, Roger (1952). "Inyanga: a preliminary report". Antiquity.
5. Summers, Roger (1958). Inyanga: prehistoric settlements in Southern Rhodesia. University Press. p. 335.
6. Summers, Roger (1966). "The Iron Age of Southern Rhodesia". Current Anthropology 7: 463–484. doi:10.1086/200753.
7. Summers, Roger (1969). "Ancient Mining in Rhodesia". Museum Memoir (Mardon Printers) 3: 236.