Graeme Barker

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Graeme W. W. Barker, FBA (born 23 October 1946) is a British archaeologist, notable for his work on the Italian Bronze Age, the Roman occupation of Libya, and landscape archaeology.

Barker was educated at St John's College, Cambridge. He began lecturing in archaeology at the University of Sheffield in 1972, moving to become Director of the British School at Rome in 1984.

In 1988 he was appointed Professor of Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Leicester, which became the School of Archaeological Studies in 1990 and the School of Archaeology and Ancient History in 2001. Barker was elected to the Disney Professorship of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge in 2004.

In 2005 Barker was, with Israel Finkelstein, joint winner of the Dan David Prize. He is a Fellow of the British Academy.

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Preceded by Colin Renfrew	Disney Professor of Archaeology, Cambridge University 2004 -	Succeeded by incumbent

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Name	Barker, Graeme W. W.
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Date of birth	23 October 1946
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