Alasdair William Richardson Whittle, (born 7 May 1949) is a British archaeologist and academic, specialising in

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. He was Distinguished Research Professor of Archaeology at

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from 1997 to 2018. Whittle was born on 7 May 1949. He studied '' Literae Humaniores'' (i.e.

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) at

Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church ( la, Ædes Christi, the temple or house, '' ædēs'', of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, the college is uniqu ...

, graduating with a

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(BA) degree. He remained at Oxford to study for a

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(DPhil) degree, which he completed in 1976 with a thesis titled "The Earlier Neolithic of Southern England and its Continental Contacts". In 1998, Whittle was elected a

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(FBA), the United Kingdom's

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for the humanities and social sciences. He is also a founding

Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales The Learned Society of Wales (Welsh: Cymdeithas Ddysgedig Cymru) is a learned society and charity that exists to "celebrate, recognise, preserve, protect and encourage excellence in all of the scholarly disciplines", and to serve the Welsh nation ...

(FLSW).

Publications

* (editor, with Vicki Cummings) ''Going Over: The Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition in North-West Europe'' * ''Europe in the Neolithic: the creation of new worlds'' * ''The Archaeology of People: Dimensions of Neolithic Life'' * ''Sacred Mound, Holy Ring''. * '' Problems in Neolithic Archaeology''

References

External links

Professor Whittle's homepage
British archaeologists Academics of Cardiff University Fellows of the Learned Society of Wales Living people Fellows of the British Academy 1949 births Prehistorians Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford {{UK-archaeologist-stub