Richard Bradley (archaeologist)

• Prehistoric Europe
• Prehistoric art
• Landscape archaeology

Professor Richard Bradley FSA FSA Scot FBA
Born	(1946-11-18) 18 November 1946 (age 79) Hampshire, England
Title	Professor of Archaeology
Spouse	Katherine Bowden ​ (m. 1976)​
Academic background
Education	Portsmouth Grammar School
Alma mater	University of Oxford
Institutions	University of Reading
Doctoral students	David Mullin [1]

Richard John Bradley, FSA , FSA Scot , FBA (born 18 November 1946) is a British archaeologist and academic specialising in European prehistory, particularly Prehistoric Britain. From 1987 to 2013, he was Professor of Archaeology at the University of Reading, where he is now emeritus professor. Bradley has published extensively on European prehistory and prehistoric Britain.

Early life and education

Bradley was born on November 18, 1946 in Hampshire, England. ^{[2] [3]} His father was a metallurgist in the British Navy. ^[2]

He was educated at Portsmouth Grammar School, then an all-boys direct grant grammar school in Portsmouth. ^[3] It was at school where he first became interested in archaeology. ^[2] He later went on to study law at Magdalen College, Oxford, and graduated from the University of Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree; and as per tradition, his BA was later promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Oxon) degree. ^[3]

Archaeological career

He chose to pursue archaeology rather than law, beginning as an amateur fieldworker and publishing papers in national journals despite having no formal qualifications in the discipline. ^[2] At 25, he was appointed assistant lecturer at Reading University. ^[2] Later, he was promoted to Lecturer (1971–1984), Reader (1984–1987), and Professor of Archaeology (1987–2013). ^[3]

By 1996, British Archaeology magazine described Bradley as one of the most respected archaeologists in his field. ^[2] He retired from full-time academia in 2013 and was appointed emeritus professor. ^[4]

Personal Life

In 1976, Bradley married Katherine Bowden, a history teacher by profession. ^{[3] [2]} They do not have any children. ^[2]

Honours

Bradley was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA) on January 13, 1977. ^[5] He became a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences, in 1995. ^[4] The British Academy awarded him the Grahame Clark Medal in 2006, ^[6] and the following year he was elected an honorary Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (Hon. FSAScot). ^[3]

Selected works

Monographs

Title	Co-author(s)	Year	Publisher	ISBN
Mesolithic Assemblage from East Sussex [7]		1972	Phillimore & Co Ltd.	ISBN   978-0850330755
The Prehistoric Settlement of Britain [8]		1978	Routledge (London)	ISBN   978-0710089939
The Social Foundations of Prehistoric Britain [9]		1984	Longman (Harlow)	ISBN   978-0582491649
Passage of Arms: An Archaeological Analysis of Prehistoric Hoards and Votive Deposits [10]		1990	Cambridge University Press (Cambridge)	ISBN   978-1900188586
Interpreting the Axe Trade: Production and Exchange in Neolithic Britain [11]	Mark Edmonds	1993	Cambridge University Press	ISBN   978-0521434461
Altering the Earth: Origins of Monuments in Britain and Continental Europe [12]		1993	Society of Antiquaries of Scotland	ISBN   978-0903903080
Rock Art and the Prehistory of Atlantic Europe: Signing the Land [13]		1997	Routledge (London)	ISBN   978-0415165365
The Significance of Monuments: On the Shaping of Human Experience in Neolithic and Bronze Age Europe [14]		1998	Routledge (London)	ISBN   978-0415152044
Passage of Arms: An Archaeological Analysis of Prehistoric Hoards and Votive Deposits [15]		1998	Oxbow Books	ISBN   978-1900188586
An Archaeology of Natural Places [16]		2000	Routledge (London)	ISBN   978-0415221504
The Good Stones: A New Investigation of the Clava Cairns [17]	Colleen Batey	2000	Society of Antiquaries of Scotland	ISBN   978-0903903172
The Past in Prehistoric Societies [18]		2002	Routledge (London)	ISBN   978-0415276283
Ritual and Domestic Life in Prehistoric Europe [19]		2005	Routledge (Abingdon)	ISBN   978-0415345507
The Moon and the Bonfire: An Investigation of Three Stone Circles in NE Scotland [20]	Sharon Arrowsmith	2005	Society of Antiquaries of Scotland	ISBN   978-0903903332
The Prehistory of Britain and Ireland (Cambridge World Archaeology) [21]		2007	Cambridge University Press (New York)	ISBN   978-0521612708
Image and Audience: Rethinking Prehistoric Art [22]		2009	Oxford University Press (New York)	ISBN   978-0199533855
The Idea of Order: The Circular Archetype in Prehistoric Europe [23]		2012	Oxford University Press (New York)	ISBN   978-0199608096
A Geography of Offerings: Deposits of Valuables in the Landscapes of Ancient Europe: 3 (Oxbow Insights in Archaeology) [24]		2016	Oxbow Books	ISBN   978-1785704796
A Comparative Study of Rock Art in Later Prehistoric Europe (Elements in the Archaeology of Europe) [25]		2020	Cambridge University Press	ISBN   978-1108885638
Temporary Palaces: The Great House in European Prehistory (Oxbow Insights in Archaeology Book 7) [26]		2021	Oxbow Books	ISBN   978-1789256611
Maritime Archaeology on Dry Land: Special Sites along the Coasts of Britain and Ireland from the First Farmers to the Atlantic Bronze Age [27]		2022	Oxbow Books	ISBN   978-1789258196
Monumental Times: Pasts, Presents, and Futures in the Prehistoric Construction Projects of Northern and Western Europe [28]		2024	Oxbow Books	ISBN   979-8888570395
Insularity and Identity: Prehistoric Britain and the Archaeology of Europe (Elements in the Archaeology of Europe) [29]		2025	Cambridge University Press	ISBN   978-1009557818

Edited Volumes

Title	Co-editor(s)	Year	Publisher	ISBN
Sentient Archaeologies: Global Perspectives on Places, Objects and Practice [30]	Courtney Nimura, Rebecca O'Sullivan	2023	Oxbow Books	ISBN   978-1789259322

See also

• Tomnaverie Stone Circle

References

1. "David Mullin". academia.edu. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
2. Denison, Simon (December 1996). "Man of status, who wants it not". British Archaeology. Council for British Archaeology. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016.
3. "BRADLEY, Prof. Richard John". Who's Who 2017. Oxford University Press. November 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
4. "Professor Richard Bradley". britac.ac.uk. The British Academy. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
5. "Fellows - Bradley". sal.org.uk. Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
6. "Grahame Clark Medal". The British Academy. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
7. Bradley, Richard (1972). A Mesolithic assemblage from East Sussex. London: Chichester, Phillimore for Sussex Archaeological Society. ISBN   978-0-85033-075-5.
8. Bradley, Richard (1978). The prehistoric settlement of Britain. The Archaeology of Britain. London Boston: Routledge & K. Paul. ISBN   978-0-7100-8993-9.
9. Bradley, Richard (1988). The social foundations of prehistoric Britain: themes and variations in the archaeology of power. Longman archaeology series (2. impr ed.). London: Longman. ISBN   978-0-582-49164-9.
10. Bradley, Richard (1998). The passage of arms: an archaeological analysis of prehistoric hoards and votive deposits (2. ed.). Cambridge: Oxford [u.a.] ISBN   978-1-900188-58-6.
11. Bradley, Richard; Edmonds, M. R. (1993). Interpreting the axe trade: production and exchange in Neolithic Britain. New studies in archaeology. Cambridge [England] ; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-521-43446-1.
12. Bradley, Richard (1993). Altering the earth: the origins of monuments in Britain and continental Europe: the Rhind lectures, 1991-92. Monograph series. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. ISBN   978-0-903903-08-0.
13. Bradley, Richard (1997). Rock art and the prehistory of Atlantic Europe: signing the land. London: Routledge. ISBN   978-0-415-16536-5.
14. Bradley, Richard (1998). The significance of monuments: on the shaping of human experience in Neolithic and Bronze Age Europe. London ; New York: Routledge. ISBN   978-0-415-15203-7.
15. Bradley, Richard (1998). The passage of arms: an archaeological analysis of prehistoric hoards and votive deposits (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxbow Books. ISBN   978-1-900188-58-6.
16. Bradley, Richard (2000). An archaeology of natural places. London New York: Routledge. ISBN   978-0-415-22149-8.
17. Bradley, Richard; Batey, Colleen E. (2000). The good stones: a new investigation of the Clava Cairns. Monograph series / Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. ISBN   978-0-903903-17-2.
18. Bradley, Richard, ed. (2002). The past in prehistoric societies. London: Routledge. ISBN   978-0-415-27628-3.
19. Bradley, Richard (2005). Ritual and domestic life in prehistoric Europe. London ; New York: Routledge. ISBN   978-0-415-34550-7.
20. Bradley, Richard; Arrowsmith, Sharon (2005). The moon and the bonfire: an investigation of three stone circles in North-east Scotland. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. ISBN   978-0-903903-33-2.
21. Bradley, Richard (2007). The prehistory of Britain and Ireland. Cambridge world archaeology. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-521-84811-4.
22. Bradley, Richard (2009). Image and audience: rethinking prehistoric art. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-953385-5.
23. Bradley, Richard (2012). The idea of order: the circular archetype in prehistoric Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-960809-6.
24. Bradley, Richard (2017). A geography of offerings: deposits of valuables in the landscapes of ancient Europe. Oxbow Insights in Archaeology. Oxford Philadelphia: Oxbow Books. ISBN   978-1-78570-479-6.
25. Bradley, Richard (31 October 2020). A Comparative Study of Rock Art in Later Prehistoric Europe (1 ed.). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108885638. ISBN   978-1-108-88563-8.
26. Bradley, Richard (2021). Temporary palaces: the great house in European prehistory. Oxbow insights in archaeology. Oxford: Oxbow Books. ISBN   978-1-78925-661-1.
27. Bradley, Richard (2022). Maritime archaeology on dry land: special sites along the coasts of Britain and Ireland from the first farmers to the Atlantic Bronze Age. Oxford (GB): Oxbow Books. ISBN   978-1-78925-819-6.
28. Bradley, Richard (2023). Monumental times: pasts, presents, and futures in the prehistoric construction projects of northern and western europe (Paperback ed.). Philadelphia: Oxbow Books. ISBN   979-8-88857-038-8.
29. Bradley, Richard (2025). Insularity and identity: prehistoric Britain and the archaeology of Europe. Cambridge elements. Elements in the archaeology of Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-1-009-55781-8.
30. Nimura, Courtney; O'Sullivan, Rebecca; Bradley, Richard, eds. (2023). Sentient archaeologies: global perspectives on places, objects, and practice (Hardback ed.). Philadelphia: Oxbow Books. ISBN   978-1-78925-932-2.