Colin Renfrew, properly known as Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, was made a life peer in 1991. He is director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge. He has excavated prehistoric sites in the Aegean and the Orkney islands, and is famous for his work on theoretical archaeology. He has also worked on the origins of linguistic diversity, cognitive archaeology and the study of the ancient mind. His latest book, Figuring it Out, is published by Thames and Hudson. Previous books include Loot, Legitimacy and Ownership (Duckworth, 2001) and, with Paul Bahn, the bestselling textbook…
Past master
28 June 2003
