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External Appointments Held
- British Academy:
- Member of Council
- Chairman of Archaeology Section (Section F)
- Member of Group II (History/Classics/Archaeology) Electoral Committee
- Chairman of Science-based Archaeology Committee
- Member of Internet Archaeology Journal Steering Committee
- Board of Academy-sponsored Schools, Institutes and Societies ('BASIS')
- Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) - Member of Science-based Archaeology Strategy Group, and Palaeoclimate Theme group
- Member of Antiquity Trust
- Council for British Archaeology - Member of Research and Conservation Committee
- Heritage Lottery Fund: Archaeological Advisory Committee
Previous Appointments Held
- 1965-8 Research Fellow, University of Sheffield
- 1968-70 Sir James Knott Research Fellow, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- 1970-81 Sheffield University, Department of Prehistory & Archaeology: Lecturer 1970 Senior Lecturer 1978; Reader in Archaeology 1980-81
- 1981- University of Cambridge, Department of Archaeology : Lecturer 1981-91, Reader in Archaeology 1991-97
- 1997- Professor of Prehistory and Human Evolution
Also
- British Academy Research Reader 1989-91
- President, Corpus Christi College, 1992-
Previous External Appointments Held
Membership of 15 National committees, including committees of Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Quaternary Research Association, International Union of Quaternary Research (INQUA), Society of Antiquaries, Prehistoric Society (Vice-President), Council for British Archaeology (Chairman of Archaeological Science Committee), English Heritage, Historic Building and Monuments Commission etc.
- Visiting Appointments
- 1974 State University of New York, Binghamton: January-May 1974
- 1981 Australian National University, Canberra: July-September 1981
- 1983 Dept. of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Madison: September 1983
- 1984 Danish Research Council, Universities of Copenhagen & Aarhus: May 1984
- 1985 Center for Archaeology, Tulane University, New Orleans: November 1985
- 1991 University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia): April 1991
- 1996 University of Alaska (Fairbanks/Anchorage): April 1996
Education
- Woodhouse Grammar School, Sheffield, 1951-57
- Cambridge University (Fitzwilliam College
1959-65: Exhibitioner):
- BA (Archaeology - First Class) 1962; MA 1965;
- PhD 1967
- ScD 1988
Selected Conferences and Symposia Organized
- 1976 The Mesolithic in North-West Europe: Annual Conference of Prehistoric Society 1976 (Proceedings published).
- 1977 Member of Organizing Committee for 1977 INQUA Congress in Britain
- 1983-86 Member of Organising Committee for 1986 Congress of International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences, with overall responsibility for organisation of meetings on Palaeolithic and Mesolithic archaeology and Human evolution.
- 1987 The Origins and Dispersal of Modern Humans, Cambridge, March, 1987 (co-organizer; Proceedings published).
- 1989 Middle Palaeolithic Adaptations in Eurasia; Society for American Archaeology, Atlanta, April 1989 (co-organizer; Proceedings published).
- 1991 Hunting Techniques and Technology in the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic of Eurasia; Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, April 1991 (co-organizer; Proceedings published).
- 1992 Royal Society Symposium on The Origin of Modern Humans and the Impact of Science-based Dating, April 1992 (co-organizer; Proceedings published).
- 1993 Modelling the Early Human Mind, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge, September 1993 (co-organizer; Proceedings published).
- 1996 Burning issues: Ancient Forest Fires: Anthropogenic or Natural, Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, April 1996 (co-organizer)
- 1996 Co-organizer of workshop on After the Human Revolution: Cognitive changes in later Prehistory. Cambridge, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, September 1996
Selected Awards, Lectures, and Seminars
- Fellow of British Academy (1990)
- Fellow of Society of Antiquaries (1977)
- Fellow of Royal Anthropological Society (1987)
- Vice-President, Prehistoric Society (1992-5)
- Reckitt Archaeological Lecturer, British Academy (1991)
- John Wiley Lecturer, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Cambridge University (1996)
- Harold Thom Lecturer, Center for Archaeology, UCLA (1996)
- L.S.B. Leakey Foundation Lecturer, Stanford University (1996)
- Honorary Member of Italian Institute of Prehistory and Proto-History 1997--present
- Europe
- Aarhus, Barcelona, Bordeaux, Brussels, Burgos, Copenhagen, Cork, Forli, Liege, Nice, Nemours, Nuremberg, Paris, Santander, Tarragona; most British Universities.
- USA/Canada
- Albuquerque, Anchorage, Atlanta, Berkeley, Binghamton, Dallas, Fairbanks, Los Angeles, Madison, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Phoenix, San Francisco, Stanford, Tucson, Toronto, Tulsa, Vancouver, Washington.
- Australia
- Armidale, Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney.
- Japan
- Tokyo, Shonan