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

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