Alasdair William Richardson Whittle, (born 7 May 1949) is a British archaeologist and academic, specialising in Neolithic Europe. He was Distinguished Research Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University from 1997 to 2018. Whittle was born on 7 May 1949. He studied ''Literae Humaniores'' (i.e. classics) at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. He remained at Oxford to study for a Doctor of Philosophy (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 Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. He is also a founding Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (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''

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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