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The Right Honourable
The Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn
FBA FSA HonFSAScot
Professor Renfrew in 2018
Master of Jesus College, Cambridge
In office
1986–1996
Preceded bySir Alan Cottrell
Succeeded byDavid Crighton
Disney Professor of Archaeology
University of Cambridge
In office
1981–2004
Preceded byGlyn Daniel
Succeeded byGraeme Barker
Personal details
Born
Andrew Colin Renfrew

(1937-07-25) 25 July 1937 (age 86)
Stockton-on-Tees, England
Political partyConservative
EducationSt Albans School, Hertfordshire
Alma materSt John's College, Cambridge
Military service
AllegianceColin Renfrew United Kingdom
Branch/serviceColin Renfrew Royal Air Force
Years of service1956–1958

Andrew Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, FBA, FSA, Hon FSA Scot (born 25 July 1937) is a British archaeologist, paleolinguist and Conservative peer noted for his work on radiocarbon dating, the prehistory of languages, archaeogenetics, neuroarchaeology, and the prevention of looting at archaeological sites.

Renfrew was formerly the Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge and Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research and is now a Senior Fellow of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.

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Anatolian hypothesis

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period. The place name terms for all these cultures were proposed by Colin Renfrew in 1972 as a replacement for the "Early Helladic" periodizations; however...

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prehistoric art. He is a contributing editor to Archaeology magazine. With Colin Renfrew, he wrote the popular archaeology textbook Archaeology: Theories, Methods...

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Sourcecatalog.com (2011-11-15). Retrieved on 2011-11-20. Iain Morley and Colin Renfrew. The Archaeology of Measurement: Comprehending Heaven, Earth and Time...

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Nostratic languages

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B. (1998). The Nostratic macrofamily and linguistic palaeontology. Colin Renfrew, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. Cambridge: McDonald...

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The Cambridge World Prehistory, edited by Colin Renfrew and Paul G. Bahn, was published in three volumes by Cambridge University Press in 2014. According...

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Pseudoarchaeology

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by other prominent academic and professional archaeologists such as Colin Renfrew (2006). Other academic archaeologists have chosen to use other terms...

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