Professor Sir Paul Mellars FBA

Archaeology
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
1990
Year of death
2022
Subjects
Archaeology
Sections
Archaeology

Current post

Emeritus Professor of Pre-History and Human Evolution, University of Cambridge

Past appointments

University of Cambridge Reader, Professor of Prehistory and Human Evolution

1991 -

University of Cambridge Lecturer/Reader in Archaeology

1981 - 1991

The University of Sheffield Lecturer/Reader in Archaeology

1970 - 1981

Publications

Excavations on Oronsay 1987

World prehistory: studies in memory of Grahame Clark (_PBA_ 99, 1999)

The Neanderthal legacy 1996

Star Carr in context 1998

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Steven Mithen FBA

Archaeology Scotland Africa

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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 Timothy Alexander Insoll FBA

Islamic archaeology of sub-Saharan Africa, the Arabian Gulf and Arabian Peninsula; archaeology of African indigenous religions; West African Iron Age archaeology; archaeological approaches to rituals and religions

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