He was elected president of the Cambridge Union in 1961.
He then went up to St John's College, Cambridge, where he read Natural Sciences then Archaeology and Anthropology, graduating in 1962.
In 1965 he completed his PhD thesis Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures of the Cyclades and their external relations; in the same year he married Jane M.
Ewbank. ==Academic== In 1965, Renfrew was appointed to the post of lecturer in the Department of Prehistory and Archaeology at the University of Sheffield.
Between 1968 and 1970, he directed excavations at Sitagroi, Greece.
In 1968 he unsuccessfully contested the Sheffield Brightside parliamentary constituency on behalf of the Conservative Party.
Prehistoric Sitagroi: Excavations in Northeast Greece, 1968–1970.
Between 1968 and 1970, he directed excavations at Sitagroi, Greece.
In that year he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, in 1970 was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and in 2000 elected an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. In 1972 Renfrew became Professor of Archaeology at the University of Southampton, succeeding Barry Cunliffe.
In that year he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, in 1970 was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and in 2000 elected an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. In 1972 Renfrew became Professor of Archaeology at the University of Southampton, succeeding Barry Cunliffe.
In 1973 Renfrew published Before Civilisation: The Radiocarbon Revolution and Prehistoric Europe in which he challenged the assumption that prehistoric cultural innovation originated in the Near East and then spread to Europe.
He also excavated with Marija Gimbutas at Sitagroi. In 1980 Renfrew was elected a Fellow of the British Academy.
In 1981 he was elected to the Disney Professorship of Archaeology in the University of Cambridge, a post he held until his retirement.
and Malcolm Wagstaff, eds., 1982, An Island Polity, the Archaeology of Exploitation in Melos, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Renfrew, Colin, 1984, Approaches to Social Archeology, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
and Malcolm Wagstaff, eds., 1982, An Island Polity, the Archaeology of Exploitation in Melos, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Renfrew, Colin, 1984, Approaches to Social Archeology, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Recent work on ancient DNA has indicated a link between the populations featured in Gimbutas's hypothesis – without, however, providing a direction of spread. From 1987 to 1991 he co-directed excavations at Markiani on Amorgos and at Dhaskalio Kavos, Keros, Greece. Renfrew served as Master of Jesus College, Cambridge from 1986 until 1997.
In 1990 Renfrew was appointed as the founding Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. In 1987, he published Archaeology and Language: The Puzzle of the Indo-European Origins, a book on the Proto-Indo-Europeans.
Recent work on ancient DNA has indicated a link between the populations featured in Gimbutas's hypothesis – without, however, providing a direction of spread. From 1987 to 1991 he co-directed excavations at Markiani on Amorgos and at Dhaskalio Kavos, Keros, Greece. Renfrew served as Master of Jesus College, Cambridge from 1986 until 1997.
Los Angeles : Institute of Archaeology, University of California. Renfrew, A.C., 1987, Archaeology and Language: The Puzzle of Indo-European Origins, London: Pimlico.
In 1990 Renfrew was appointed as the founding Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. In 1987, he published Archaeology and Language: The Puzzle of the Indo-European Origins, a book on the Proto-Indo-Europeans.
Recent work on ancient DNA has indicated a link between the populations featured in Gimbutas's hypothesis – without, however, providing a direction of spread. From 1987 to 1991 he co-directed excavations at Markiani on Amorgos and at Dhaskalio Kavos, Keros, Greece. Renfrew served as Master of Jesus College, Cambridge from 1986 until 1997.
and Paul Bahn, 1991, Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice, London: Thames & Hudson.
Recent work on ancient DNA has indicated a link between the populations featured in Gimbutas's hypothesis – without, however, providing a direction of spread. From 1987 to 1991 he co-directed excavations at Markiani on Amorgos and at Dhaskalio Kavos, Keros, Greece. Renfrew served as Master of Jesus College, Cambridge from 1986 until 1997.
In that year he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, in 1970 was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and in 2000 elected an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. In 1972 Renfrew became Professor of Archaeology at the University of Southampton, succeeding Barry Cunliffe.
(Sixth edition 2012) Renfrew, A.C., 2000, Loot, Legitimacy and Ownership: The Ethical Crisis in Archaeology, London: Duckworth.
Renfrew, A.C., 2003, Figuring It Out: The Parallel Visions of Artists and Archaeologists, London: Thames & Hudson.
Elster and Colin Renfrew, eds., 2003.
In 2004 he retired from the Disney Professorship and is now a Senior Fellow at the McDonald Institute.
London: Routledge, 2005. Renfrew, A.C., 2008, Prehistory: The Making of the Human Mind, Modern Library.
London: Routledge, 2005. Renfrew, A.C., 2008, Prehistory: The Making of the Human Mind, Modern Library.
and Renfrew C., eds., 2008, Simulations, Genetics and Human Prehistory, Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archeological Research.
(Sixth edition 2012) Renfrew, A.C., 2000, Loot, Legitimacy and Ownership: The Ethical Crisis in Archaeology, London: Duckworth.
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