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Professor Merrick Posnansky

7 October 2024

It is with great sadness that we note the death of Professor Merrick Posnansky (93). Merrick was a pioneering Africanist archaeologist who trained for a short time in Cambridge, undertaking a Diploma in Prehistoric Archaeology with Graeme Clark, before completing a PhD at Nottingham (1956). Merrick went on to highly...

Dr Victor Joaquin Paz (1967-2024)

12 September 2024

Renowned Filipino archaeologist and Darwinian alumnus, Victor Joaquin Paz, has sadly died at the age of 57 years. On arrival in Cambridge from the University of the Philippines Diliman in the mid 1990s to embark on graduate study, Victor immediately made his presence felt in his College and Department as a vivacious and...