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Professor Lord Colin Renfrew of Kaimsthorn FBA

Prehistoric archaeology
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
1980
Year of death
2024
Subjects
Archaeology
Sections
Archaeology
Website
http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/directory/acr10

Last posts

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research Senior Fellow

University of Cambridge Disney Professor of Archaeology

Past appointments

The University of Sheffield Lecturer, Reader

1970 -

University of Southampton Professor of Archaeology

1970 -

Jesus College University of Cambridge Master

1970 -

University of Cambridge Disney Professor of Archaeology

1970 -

University of Southampton Senior Fellow

1970 -

Publications

The emergence of civilisation: the Cyclades and the Aegean in the 3rd millennium BC 1972

Science and Stonehenge _PBA_ 1997

Archaeology: the widening debate 2002

Before civilisation: the radiocarbon revolution and prehistoric Europe 1973

Archaeology and language: the puzzle of the Indo-European origins 1987

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Shanti Pappu FBA

Interdisciplinary approaches in researching the prehistoric archaeology of India focusing on hominin behaviour, palaeoenvironments and chronology; situating this in a global perspective and uniting research with public outreach

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Professor Martin Jones FBA

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Professor Amy Bogaard FBA

The archaeology and ecology of early farming; comparative perspectives on recent farming systems; the social implications of agriculture, including for resilience and inequality

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