John Gowlett

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John Anthony Jamys Gowlett, FBA, FSA, FRAI, is an archaeologist. Since 2000, he has been Professor of Archaeology and Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Liverpool. He completed his doctorate at the University of Cambridge, which was awarded in 1979, before working as Senior Archaeologist to the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator from 1980 to 1987. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Gowlett studied handaxes at the Kilombe Archaeological site in Kenya for his PhD and continues to excavate there today. In the 1990s he ran excavations at the ~400,000 year old Acheulian site of Beeches Pit in Suffolk, also known for early evidence of fire use.

Honours

In July 2017, Gowlett was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. [6]

Selected works

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References

  1. "Prof John Gowlett", University of Liverpool. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. "Professor John Gowlett", British Academy. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  3. "A contribution to studies of the Acheulean in East Africa with especial reference to Kilombe and Kariandusi", EthOS (British Library). Retrieved 12 April 2018.
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  5. "Gowlett, Prof. John Anthony Jamys", Who's Who (online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  6. "Elections to the British Academy celebrate the diversity of UK research", British Academy, 5 August 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2018.