Professor David W Phillipson FBA

Archaeology East Africa esp. Ethiopia

Elected 2002

Fellow type: UK Emeritus Fellow
Year elected: 2002
Sections: Archaeology
Website: http://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/people/david-phillipson

Current post

Emeritus Professor of African Archaeology, University of Cambridge, and Emeritus Fellow, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

Past appointments

Gonville & Caius College University of Cambridge Emeritus Professor of African Archaeology, University of Cambridge, and Emeritus Fellow, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

2006 -

University of Cambridge Professor of African Archaeology

2001 - 2006

Gonville & Caius College University of Cambridge Professor of African Archaeology

2001 -

Gonville & Caius College University of Cambridge Professor of African Archaeology and Director of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge

2001 -

University of Cambridge Director of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

1981 - 2006

University of Cambridge Director of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge

1981 -

Other Foreign Institutions Zambia National Monuments Commission

1964 - 1973

Publications

African archaeology 1985

Archaeology at Aksum, Ethiopia 1993-7 2000

Ancient Churches of Ethiopia 2009

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Robert Foley FBA

Human evolution: the evolutionary ecology of extinct hominins; the evolution of human behaviour and culture; prehistory and archaeology of early human populations; evolutionary theory in archaeology and anthropology.

Professor Glynis Jones FBA

Evolutionary approaches to the origins and spread of agriculture; archaeobotany and biomolecular archaeology; the investigation of past cultivation practices through weed ecology and stable isotope analysis

Professor Alison Wylie FBA

Philosophy of the social and historical sciences; evidential reasoning in archaeology; feminist philosophy of science; standpoint theory; ethics and politics of community-based collaborative research; equity, diversity, inclusion in academia

Professor David W Phillipson FBA

Current post

Emeritus Professor of African Archaeology, University of Cambridge, and Emeritus Fellow, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

Past appointments

Gonville & Caius College University of Cambridge Emeritus Professor of African Archaeology, University of Cambridge, and Emeritus Fellow, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

2006 -

University of Cambridge Professor of African Archaeology

2001 - 2006

Gonville & Caius College University of Cambridge Professor of African Archaeology

2001 -

Gonville & Caius College University of Cambridge Professor of African Archaeology and Director of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge

2001 -

University of Cambridge Director of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

1981 - 2006

University of Cambridge Director of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge

1981 -

Other Foreign Institutions Zambia National Monuments Commission

1964 - 1973

Publications

African archaeology 1985

Archaeology at Aksum, Ethiopia 1993-7 2000

Ancient Churches of Ethiopia 2009

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Robert Foley FBA

Professor Glynis Jones FBA

Professor Alison Wylie FBA

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Professor David W Phillipson FBA

Current post

Emeritus Professor of African Archaeology, University of Cambridge, and Emeritus Fellow, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

Past appointments

Gonville & Caius College University of Cambridge Emeritus Professor of African Archaeology, University of Cambridge, and Emeritus Fellow, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

2006 -

University of Cambridge Professor of African Archaeology

2001 - 2006

Gonville & Caius College University of Cambridge Professor of African Archaeology

2001 -

Gonville & Caius College University of Cambridge Professor of African Archaeology and Director of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge

2001 -

University of Cambridge Director of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

1981 - 2006

University of Cambridge Director of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge

1981 -

Other Foreign Institutions Zambia National Monuments Commission

1964 - 1973

Publications

African archaeology 1985

Archaeology at Aksum, Ethiopia 1993-7 2000

Ancient Churches of Ethiopia 2009

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Robert Foley FBA

Professor Glynis Jones FBA

Professor Alison Wylie FBA

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