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Alasdair Whittle

Alasdair William Richardson Whittle, (born 7 May 1949) is a British archaeologist and academic, specialising in Neolithic Europe. He was Distinguished Research Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University from 1997 to 2018.

Whittle was born on 7 May 1949. He studied ''Literae Humaniores'' (i.e. classics) at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. He remained at Oxford to study for a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree, which he completed in 1976 with a thesis titled "The Earlier Neolithic of Southern England and its Continental Contacts".

In 1998, Whittle was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. He is also a founding Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (FLSW). Provided by Wikipedia