Information on this yet-to-be-celebrated archaeologist is surprisingly quite few. From the few articles about him gleaned for this work, it was observed that he was a field archaeologist. Nzewunwa believed, and rightly, that excavation and field surveys are the principal tools of archaeology (Nzewunwa 1983). Dr. Nzewunwa obtained a B.Sc. in African Archaeology and History from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, in 1973 and went on to the University of Cambridge, England, for a Ph.D. He earned this Ph.D. in 1979; his thesis is titled “Aspects of Economy and Culture in the Prehistory of the Niger Delta.”

Nzewunwa was an accomplished field archaeologist. Beginning from the early 1970s, he successfully organized, both single-handed and jointly, archaeological excavations in Nigeria particularly in the Middle Niger Valley and in the Niger Delta areas (Nzewunwa 1980, 1983). He also participated in field research works in Britain, Denmark,...