Professor John Coles FBA

Archaeology
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
1978
Year of birth
1930
Year of death
2020
Subjects
Archaeology, Classics
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 -

University of Cambridge Professor of European Prehistory

1980 - 1986

Fitzwilliam College University of Cambridge Fellow

1963 -

University of Cambridge Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer, Reader in Archaeology

1960 - 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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