John Bintliff
John Bintliff (* 1949 in London ) is a British classical archaeologist .
Life
Born in London, Bintliff studied archeology and anthropology at Cambridge University , where he received his Ph.D. about History and Prehistory of human settlement in Greece . He first worked as a lecturer , then as a senior lecturer in archeology at Bradford University , where he taught from 1977. Finally, in 1990, he moved to Durham University as a reader in archeology, where he taught until he was called to Leiden in 1999.
In 1988 he became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries . Since 1978 he was co-director, together with Anthony Snodgrass of Cambridge University, of the Boeotia Project . In addition to archeology from prehistory to the Middle Ages, Bintliff deals with the theory of his subject.
Works (selection)
- New approaches to human geography. Prehistoric Greece: a case study , in: F. Carter (Ed.): An Historical Geography of the Balkans , London 1977, pp. 59–114.
- European social evolution. Archaeological Perspectives , University of Bradford, Bradford 1984.
- Troja und seine Palaeolandschaften , in: Eckart Olshausen , Holger Sonnabend (Hrsg.): Stuttgarter Colloquium zur Historischen Geographie des Altertums 2, 1984 and 3, 1987, pp. 83-131.
- Companion to Archeology , Wiley and Sons, 2004. ( digitized version )
- History and Archeology: An uneasy relationship , in: Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis 119 (2006) 6-15.
- with Mark Pearce (Ed.): The Death of Archaeological Theory? Oxbow Books, Oxford 2011.
- The Complete Archeology of Greece. From Hunter-Gatherers to the 20th Century AD , Chichester 2012.
Web links
- Page at Leiden University (Engl.)
Remarks
- ↑ Boeotia Survey on the website of the University of Leiden.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bintliff, John |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British prehistorian |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1949 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London |