Professor Lord Colin Renfrew of Kaimsthorn FBA

Prehistoric archaeology
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
1980
Year of death
2024
Subjects
Archaeology
Sections
Archaeology

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 Marcella Frangipane FBA

Prehistory and Protohistory of the Near East, rise of inequality, early centralised political economy strategies, urbanisation, early bureaucracy and the origin of State, with particular reference to Anatolia and Mesopotamia

Marcella-Frangipane-FBA.jpg

Professor Susan O'Connor FBA

The archaeology and rock art of Australia, New Guinea and Island Southeast Asia and the links between these regions; Pleistocene colonisation and settlement, interactions between humans and their environment, adaptations to small islands and maritime technology.

Susan O'Connor FBA

Professor John Baines FBA

Egyptology: art, archaeology, writing systems, religion, literature, social forms; comparative & theoretical study of early civilisations.

john-baines.jpg

Sign up to our email newsletters

Join our mailing list to explore the ideas and impact of the British Academy. Get updates on research, funding, policy, international collaborations, and events that bring the humanities and social sciences to life.