Richard Bradley (archaeologist)

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Born18 November 1946 (age 79)

TitleProfessor of Archaeology

Spouse

Katherine Bowden

(m. 1976)

Professor Richard Bradley FSA FSA Scot FBA

Born	(1946-11-18) 18 November 1946 (age 79) Hampshire, England
Title	Professor of Archaeology
Spouse	Katherine Bowden (m. 1976)

Academic background
Education	Portsmouth Grammar School
Alma mater	University of Oxford
Academic work
Discipline	Archaeology
Sub-discipline	Prehistoric Europe Prehistoric art Landscape archaeology
Institutions	University of Reading
Doctoral students	David Mullin^[1]

Richard John Bradley, FSA, FSA Scot, FBA (born 18 November 1946) is a British archaeologist and academic specialising in European prehistory, particularly Prehistoric Britain. From 1987 to 2013, he was Professor of Archaeology at the University of Reading, where he is now emeritus professor. Bradley has published extensively on European prehistory and prehistoric Britain.

Bradley was born on November 18, 1946 in Hampshire, England.^[2]^[3] His father was a metallurgist in the British Navy.^[2]

He was educated at Portsmouth Grammar School, then an all-boys direct grant grammar school in Portsmouth.^[3] It was at school where he first became interested in archaeology.^[2] He later went on to study law at Magdalen College, Oxford, and graduated from the University of Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree; and as per tradition, his BA was later promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Oxon) degree.^[3]

Archaeological career

He chose to pursue archaeology rather than law, beginning as an amateur fieldworker and publishing papers in national journals despite having no formal qualifications in the discipline.^[2] At 25, he was appointed assistant lecturer at Reading University.^[2] Later, he was promoted to Lecturer (1971–1984), Reader (1984–1987), and Professor of Archaeology (1987–2013).^[3]

By 1996, British Archaeology magazine described Bradley as one of the most respected archaeologists in his field.^[2] He retired from full-time academia in 2013 and was appointed emeritus professor.^[4]

Personal life

In 1976, Bradley married Katherine Bowden, a history teacher by profession.^[3]^[2] They do not have any children.^[2]

Honours

Bradley was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA) on January 13, 1977.^[5] He became a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences, in 1995.^[4] The British Academy awarded him the Grahame Clark Medal in 2006,^[6] and the following year he was elected an honorary Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (Hon. FSAScot).^[3]

Selected works

Monographs


Title	Co-author(s)	Year	Publisher	ISBN
Mesolithic Assemblage from East Sussex^[7]		1972	Phillimore & Co Ltd.	ISBN 978-0850330755
The Prehistoric Settlement of Britain^[8]		1978	Routledge (London)	ISBN 978-0710089939
The Social Foundations of Prehistoric Britain^[9]		1984	Longman (Harlow)	ISBN 978-0582491649
Passage of Arms: An Archaeological Analysis of Prehistoric Hoards and Votive Deposits^[10]		1990	Cambridge University Press (Cambridge)	ISBN 978-1900188586
Interpreting the Axe Trade: Production and Exchange in Neolithic Britain^[11]	Mark Edmonds	1993	Cambridge University Press	ISBN 978-0521434461
Altering the Earth: Origins of Monuments in Britain and Continental Europe^[12]		1993	Society of Antiquaries of Scotland	ISBN 978-0903903080
Rock Art and the Prehistory of Atlantic Europe: Signing the Land^[13]		1997	Routledge (London)	ISBN 978-0415165365
The Significance of Monuments: On the Shaping of Human Experience in Neolithic and Bronze Age Europe^[14]		1998	Routledge (London)	ISBN 978-0415152044
Passage of Arms: An Archaeological Analysis of Prehistoric Hoards and Votive Deposits^[15]		1998	Oxbow Books	ISBN 978-1900188586
An Archaeology of Natural Places^[16]		2000	Routledge (London)	ISBN 978-0415221504
The Good Stones: A New Investigation of the Clava Cairns^[17]	Colleen Batey	2000	Society of Antiquaries of Scotland	ISBN 978-0903903172
The Past in Prehistoric Societies^[18]		2002	Routledge (London)	ISBN 978-0415276283
Ritual and Domestic Life in Prehistoric Europe^[19]		2005	Routledge (Abingdon)	ISBN 978-0415345507
The Moon and the Bonfire: An Investigation of Three Stone Circles in NE Scotland^[20]	Sharon Arrowsmith	2005	Society of Antiquaries of Scotland	ISBN 978-0903903332
The Prehistory of Britain and Ireland (Cambridge World Archaeology)^[21]		2007	Cambridge University Press (New York)	ISBN 978-0521612708
Image and Audience: Rethinking Prehistoric Art^[22]		2009	Oxford University Press (New York)	ISBN 978-0199533855
The Idea of Order: The Circular Archetype in Prehistoric Europe^[23]		2012	Oxford University Press (New York)	ISBN 978-0199608096
A Geography of Offerings: Deposits of Valuables in the Landscapes of Ancient Europe: 3 (Oxbow Insights in Archaeology)^[24]		2016	Oxbow Books	ISBN 978-1785704796
A Comparative Study of Rock Art in Later Prehistoric Europe (Elements in the Archaeology of Europe)^[25]		2020	Cambridge University Press	ISBN 978-1108885638
Temporary Palaces: The Great House in European Prehistory (Oxbow Insights in Archaeology Book 7)^[26]		2021	Oxbow Books	ISBN 978-1789256611
Maritime Archaeology on Dry Land: Special Sites along the Coasts of Britain and Ireland from the First Farmers to the Atlantic Bronze Age^[27]		2022	Oxbow Books	ISBN 978-1789258196
Monumental Times: Pasts, Presents, and Futures in the Prehistoric Construction Projects of Northern and Western Europe^[28]		2024	Oxbow Books	ISBN 979-8888570395
Insularity and Identity: Prehistoric Britain and the Archaeology of Europe (Elements in the Archaeology of Europe)^[29]		2025	Cambridge University Press	ISBN 978-1009557818

Edited Volumes


Title	Co-editor(s)	Year	Publisher	ISBN
Sentient Archaeologies: Global Perspectives on Places, Objects and Practice^[30]	Courtney Nimura, Rebecca O'Sullivan	2023	Oxbow Books	ISBN 978-1789259322

References

↑ "David Mullin". academia.edu. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Denison, Simon (December 1996). "Man of status, who wants it not". British Archaeology. Council for British Archaeology. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "BRADLEY, Prof. Richard John". Who's Who 2017. Oxford University Press. November 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
1 2 "Professor Richard Bradley". britac.ac.uk. The British Academy. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
↑ "Fellows - Bradley". sal.org.uk. Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
↑ "Grahame Clark Medal". The British Academy. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
↑ Bradley, Richard (1972). A Mesolithic assemblage from East Sussex. London: Chichester, Phillimore for Sussex Archaeological Society. ISBN 978-0-85033-075-5.
↑ Bradley, Richard (1978). The prehistoric settlement of Britain. The Archaeology of Britain. London Boston: Routledge & K. Paul. ISBN 978-0-7100-8993-9.
↑ Bradley, Richard (1988). The social foundations of prehistoric Britain: themes and variations in the archaeology of power. Longman archaeology series (2. impr ed.). London: Longman. ISBN 978-0-582-49164-9.
↑ Bradley, Richard (1998). The passage of arms: an archaeological analysis of prehistoric hoards and votive deposits (2. ed.). Cambridge: Oxford [u.a.] ISBN 978-1-900188-58-6.
↑ Bradley, Richard; Edmonds, M. R. (1993). Interpreting the axe trade: production and exchange in Neolithic Britain. New studies in archaeology. Cambridge [England]; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-43446-1.
↑ Bradley, Richard (1993). Altering the earth: the origins of monuments in Britain and continental Europe: the Rhind lectures, 1991-92. Monograph series. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. ISBN 978-0-903903-08-0.
↑ Bradley, Richard (1997). Rock art and the prehistory of Atlantic Europe: signing the land. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-16536-5.
↑ Bradley, Richard (1998). The significance of monuments: on the shaping of human experience in Neolithic and Bronze Age Europe. London; New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-15203-7.
↑ Bradley, Richard (1998). The passage of arms: an archaeological analysis of prehistoric hoards and votive deposits (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxbow Books. ISBN 978-1-900188-58-6.
↑ Bradley, Richard (2000). An archaeology of natural places. London New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-22149-8.
↑ Bradley, Richard; Batey, Colleen E. (2000). The good stones: a new investigation of the Clava Cairns. Monograph series / Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. ISBN 978-0-903903-17-2.
↑ Bradley, Richard, ed. (2002). The past in prehistoric societies. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-27628-3.
↑ Bradley, Richard (2005). Ritual and domestic life in prehistoric Europe. London; New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-34550-7.
↑ Bradley, Richard; Arrowsmith, Sharon (2005). The moon and the bonfire: an investigation of three stone circles in North-east Scotland. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. ISBN 978-0-903903-33-2.
↑ Bradley, Richard (2007). The prehistory of Britain and Ireland. Cambridge world archaeology. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-84811-4.
↑ Bradley, Richard (2009). Image and audience: rethinking prehistoric art. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-953385-5.
↑ Bradley, Richard (2012). The idea of order: the circular archetype in prehistoric Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-960809-6.
↑ Bradley, Richard (2017). A geography of offerings: deposits of valuables in the landscapes of ancient Europe. Oxbow Insights in Archaeology. Oxford Philadelphia: Oxbow Books. ISBN 978-1-78570-479-6.
↑ Bradley, Richard (31 October 2020). A Comparative Study of Rock Art in Later Prehistoric Europe (1 ed.). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108885638. ISBN 978-1-108-88563-8.
↑ Bradley, Richard (2021). Temporary palaces: the great house in European prehistory. Oxbow insights in archaeology. Oxford: Oxbow Books. ISBN 978-1-78925-661-1.
↑ Bradley, Richard (2022). Maritime archaeology on dry land: special sites along the coasts of Britain and Ireland from the first farmers to the Atlantic Bronze Age. Oxford (GB): Oxbow Books. ISBN 978-1-78925-819-6.
↑ Bradley, Richard (2023). Monumental times: pasts, presents, and futures in the prehistoric construction projects of northern and western europe (Paperback ed.). Philadelphia: Oxbow Books. ISBN 979-8-88857-038-8.
↑ Bradley, Richard (2025). Insularity and identity: prehistoric Britain and the archaeology of Europe. Cambridge elements. Elements in the archaeology of Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-009-55781-8.
↑ Nimura, Courtney; O'Sullivan, Rebecca; Bradley, Richard, eds. (2023). Sentient archaeologies: global perspectives on places, objects, and practice (Hardback ed.). Philadelphia: Oxbow Books. ISBN 978-1-78925-932-2.

v t e Recipients of the Grahame Clark Medal
1993: Stuart Piggott 1995: John Coles 1997: J. Desmond Clark 1999: John Mulvaney 2002: John Wymer 2004: Barry Cunliffe 2006: Geoffrey Wainwright 2008: Paul Mellars 2010: Richard Bradley 2012: Charles Higham 2014: Joan Oates 2016: Kristian Kristiansen 2018: Alison Sheridan 2020: Frances Healy 2022: Alex Gibson 2023: Ann Woodward 2024: Nick Ashton

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