Peter Michael Warren, (born 23 June 1938) is a British archaeologist and academic, specialising in the

Aegean Bronze Age Aegean civilization is a general term for the Bronze Age civilizations of Greece around the Aegean Sea. There are three distinct but communicating and interacting geographic regions covered by this term: Crete, the Cyclades and the Greek mainland ...

. From 1977 to 2001, he was Professor of Ancient History and Classical Archaeology at the

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

, where he is currently

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and a senior research fellow at the university.

Early life

Warren was born on 23 June 1938. He was educated at

Sandbach School Sandbach School is a free school in Sandbach, Cheshire, north-west England. It was established in 1677 by local philanthropists, including Richard Lea, who donated the land for the school, and Francis Welles, who helped to fund the schoolhouse. ...

, a boys school in

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, Cheshire, and at

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, a

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boys school in Llandovery, Carmarthenshire. He went on to study at the

University College of North Wales , former_names = University College of North Wales (1884–1996) University of Wales, Bangor (1996–2007) , image = File:Arms_of_Bangor_University.svg , image_size = 250px , caption = Arms ...

, from which he graduated Bachelor of Arts (BA). He then undertook post-graduate research at

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Corpus Christi College (full name: "The College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary", often shortened to "Corpus"), is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. From the late 14th century through to the early 19th century ...

and completed his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree.

Academic career

Warren has been involved in a number of

excavations In archaeology, excavation is the exposure, processing and recording of archaeological remains. An excavation site or "dig" is the area being studied. These locations range from one to several areas at a time during a project and can be condu ...

. In 1961, he joined

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's excavation of the Royal Road at

Knossos Knossos (also Cnossos, both pronounced ; grc, Κνωσός, Knōsós, ; Linear B: ''Ko-no-so'') is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and has been called Europe's oldest city. Settled as early as the Neolithic period, the na ...

. He then remained with Hood for three more trips looking for unknown sites in

Crete Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and ...

. Next, he was involved in the

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excavation of

Palekastro Palaikastro or Palekastro ( el, Παλαίκαστρο, officially el, Παλαίκαστρον), with the Godart and Olivier Cretan hieroglyphs are a hieroglyphic writing system used in early Bronze Age Crete, during the Minoan era. They ...

for one season and the excavation at

Lefkandi Lefkandi () is a coastal village on the island of Euboea, Greece. Archaeological finds attest to a settlement on the promontory locally known as Xeropolis, while several associated cemeteries have been identified nearby. The settlement site is loca ...

for two seasons. Then he led the excavation at

Fournou Korifi Fournou Korifi is the archaeological site of a Minoan settlement on southern Crete Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and th ...

Myrtos Myrtos is a coastal village in the west of the municipality of Ierapetra, in the Regional Unit (previously called prefecture) of Lasithi on the Greek island of Crete. It is located from Agios Nikolaos and from Ierapetra, on the road to V ...

from 1967 to 1968; the excavation report was completed and published in 1972. Warren began his academic career at the

University of Birmingham , mottoeng = Through efforts to heights , established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...

. Having completed his doctorate and a number of excavations, he joined Birmingham as a lecturer in 1972. He was promoted to

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in 1974 and appointed

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in Aegean Archaeology in 1976. In 1977, he joined the

as Professor of Ancient History and

Classical archaeology 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 ...

. In addition to his teaching and research at Bristol, he took on a number of administrator posts. He was

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of the Faculty of Arts from 1988 to 1990 and pro-vice-chancellor of the university from 1991 to 1995. He retired from teaching in 2001, becoming

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, but continued his research as a

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in archaeology and anthropology.

Honours

On 11 January 1973, Warren was elected

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(FSA). In 1997, he was elected

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(FBA).

Publications

*''Minoan stone vases'' (1969) *''Myrtos: An early Bronze Age settlement in Crete'' (1972) *''Minoan Religion as Ritual Action'' (1988) *''Aegean Bronze Age chronology'' (1989) *''The Early Minoan Tombs of Lebena, Southern Crete'' (2004)

References

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