Definition & Meaning | English word UCKO
UCKO
Definitions of UCKO
- A surname.
Number of letters
4
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using UCKO in a Sentence
- Returning to England in 1981 to teach archaeology at the University of Southampton, he became national secretary of the International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (IUPPS) and was responsible for organising their eleventh congress in 1986; disagreements over whether to abide by the academic boycott of South Africa resulted in Ucko denouncing the IUPPS and founding the World Archaeological Congress (WAC), which focused on recognising current socio-political dimensions to archaeology.
- The Eleventh congress should have been held in 1986 at Southampton, but the decision of the British organising committee, led by Peter Ucko, to exclude South African and Namibian delegates, despite their being opposed to apartheid, led to the foundation of the World Archaeological Congress and the postponement of the UISPP congress until 1987.
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