Professor Timothy 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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Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2023
Honours
FBA, FSA, FRAS
Sections
Archaeology

Current post

University of Exeter Al-Qasimi Professor of African and Islamic Archaeology, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Charlotte Roberts FBA

Studies archaeological human remains; her key research interests are contextual approaches to past human health (palaeopathology); ethical considerations and and human remains; the relevance of past health to contemporary health; evolutionary approaches to the origin and history of infectious diseases; big data projects in palaeopathology; public engagement

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Professor Kristian Kristiansen FBA

The later prehistory of western Eurasia, especially the Bronze Age, including archaeogenetics and the theoretical implications of the aDNA revolution, critical heritage studies, as well as the history and politics of archaeology

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