Anthony James Monins Whitley, FSA is a British

classical archaeologist Classical archaeology is the archaeological investigation of the Mediterranean civilizations of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Nineteenth-century archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann were drawn to study the societies they had read about i ...

specialising in the

Early Iron Age The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze Age (Chalcolithic). The concept has been mostly appl ...

and Archaic periods of the

Mediterranean world The history of the Mediterranean region and of the cultures and people of the Mediterranean Basin is important for understanding the origin and development of the Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Canaanite, Phoenician, Hebrew, Carthaginian, Minoan, Gre ...

. He is currently Professor in Mediterranean Archaeology at

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. He was Director of the

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from 2002 to 2007.

Honours

Whitley was elected

Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London A fellow is a concept whose exact meaning depends on context. In learned or professional societies, it refers to a privileged member who is specially elected in recognition of their work and achievements. Within the context of higher education ...

(FSA) on 4 July 2002.

Selected works

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Whitley, James Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London British classical scholars Classical archaeologists Academics of Cardiff University Living people Directors of the British School at Athens Year of birth missing (living people)