Andrew Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, FBA, FSA, Hon FSA Scot (25 July 1937 – 24 November 2024) was 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.

Nov 25, 2024 · From his first years as one of the brave new archaeologists of the 1960s, Colin stood out as an exceptional mind, and as a spirit of profound, exciting and rigorous change.

Nov 26, 2024 · Colin Renfrew was more than an archaeologist—he was a revolutionary thinker who dared to challenge conventions and reimagine the study of the human past. His career began in the transformative 1960s, an era of bold ideas and sweeping changes, and Colin was at the forefront of this intellectual revolution.

Jan 30, 2025 · Colin Renfrew played a key part in transforming archaeology into a problem-oriented, theoretically explicit and scientifically informed field during the last third of the twentieth century.

Nov 25, 2024 · Professor Cyprian Broodbank remembers Professor Lord Colin Renfrew, founding Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research and former Master of Jesus College, who passed away at the weekend aged 87.

Jan 30, 2025 · A radical new approach In 1967 Renfrew spent a term at the University of California, Los Angeles, and encountered Lewis Binford, the earliest proponent of a new movement in archaeology that ...

Nov 25, 2024 · The BSA mourns the passing of Colin Renfrew, thought by many to be the world’s greatest living archaeologist, at the age of 87. Professor Colin Renfew, Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, was a Vice-President of the BSA and former Chairman of Council.

Lord Colin Renfrew, long-standing member of UISPP and emeritus Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge, passed away on November 24th, 2024, at the age of 87.

Nov 26, 2024 · “Colin Renfrew was an archaeological colossus whose writings profoundly shaped - and indeed continue to shape - the modern discipline,” said Professor Graeme Barker, Disney Professor of Archaeology Emeritus, Senior Fellow of the McDonald Institute and Professorial Fellow of St John’s.

Jan 30, 2025 · Colin Renfrew was regarded by many as the world’s pre-eminent living archaeologist. Inspired by the beauty inherent in past material expressions of the human condition, he became fascinated...