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Professor John Coles FBA
Professor John Coles FBA
Archaeology
Elected 1978
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year of birth
1930
Year of death
2020
Year elected
1978
Sections
Archaeology
Last post
Professor of European Prehistory, University of Cambridge
Past appointments
Fitzwilliam College University of Cambridge
formerly Professor of European Prehistory, University of Cambridge
2004
-
University of Exeter
Honorary Professor
1993
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University of Cambridge
Professor of European Prehistory
1980
-
1986
Fitzwilliam College University of Cambridge
Fellow
1963
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University of Cambridge
Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer, Reader in Archaeology
1960
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1980
Publications
Shadows of a Northern Past. rock carvings of Bohuslan and Ostfold
Published in 2005
Patterns in a rocky land. Rock carvings in South-West Uppland, Sweden
Published in 2000
The Bronze Age in Europe
Published in 1979
Archaeology by experiment
Published in 1973
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Professor Anthony Snodgrass FBA
Archaeology
Dr Ian Stead FBA
Archaeology
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Egyptology
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