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Ian Hodder
Born(1948-11-23)23 November 1948(age 75)
Bristol,England
CitizenshipBritish
Alma materUniversity of London
Peterhouse, Cambridge
Known forPioneeringpost-processual archaeology
Spouse(s)Francoise Hivernel1975-1984,
Christine Hastorf-2009,
Lynn Meskell
Scientific career
FieldsArchaeology,Anthropology
Institutions

Ian Richard HodderCMGFBA(born 23 November 1948, inBristol) is a British archaeologist and pioneer ofpostprocessualisttheory inarchaeologythat first took root among his students and in his own work between 1980 and 1990.[1]At this time he had such students asHenrietta Moore,Ajay Pratap, Nandini Rao,Mike Parker Pearson,Paul Lane, John Muke, Sheena Crawford,Nick Merriman,Michael ShanksandChristopher Tilley.As of 2002,he is Dunlevie Family Professor of Anthropology atStanford Universityin the United States.[2]

Early life and education

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Hodder was born on 23 November 1948 inBristol,England,[3]to ProfessorBramwell William "Dick" Hodderand his wife Noreen Victoria Hodder.[4][5]He was brought up in Singapore and in Oxford, England.[3]He was educated atMagdalen College School, Oxford,then an all-boysprivate school.[3]

He studied prehistoric archaeology at theInstitute of Archaeologyof theUniversity of London,graduating with afirst classBachelor of Arts(BA) in 1971.[2]He then studied atPeterhouse, Cambridge,and was awarded aDoctor of Philosophy(PhD) degree by theUniversity of Cambridgein 1975:[4]his supervisor wasDavid L. Clarkeand his thesis was titled "Some Applications of Spatial Analysis in Archaeology".[3][6]

Academic career

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He was a lecturer at theUniversity of Leedsfrom 1974 to 1977.[4]He then returned to theUniversity of Cambridge,where he was an assistant lecturer (1977 to 1981) and then lecturer (1981 to 1990) in archaeology.[2]From 1990 to 2000, he was director of theCambridge Archaeological Unitand aFellowofDarwin College, Cambridge.[4]The university appointed himReaderin Prehistory in 1990 and Professor of Archaeology in 1996.[2]

In 1999, Hodder moved toStanford Universityin the United States. He became Dunlevie Family Professor in 2002.[2]

From 1993 - 2018, Hodder and an international team of archaeologists have carried out new research and excavation of the 9,000-year-oldNeolithicsite ofÇatalhöyükin centralAnatolia(modern Turkey). He was the Director of theÇatalhöyük Archaeological Projectwhich aimed to conserve the site, put it into context, and present it to the public. He endeavoured to explore the effects of non-positivisticmethods in archaeology, which included providing each excavator with the opportunity to record his or her own individual interpretation of the site. In 2012 he dismissed most of the team, replacing them with other excavators and specialists, citing a need for a "shake up."[7]His permit was completed in 2018 when handed over the site to a Turkish team.[8]

He was elected aFellow of the British Academy(FBA) in 1996.[9]In the2019 Queen's Birthday Honourshe was appointedCompanion of the Order of St Michael and St George(CMG) for services to archaeology and UK/Turkey relations.[10]

Selected publications

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  • Spatial analysis in archaeology(1976, with C. Orton)
  • Symbols in action. Ethnoarchaeological studies of material culture(1982)
  • The Present Past. An introduction to anthropology for archaeologists(1982)
  • Symbolic and Structural Archaeology(1982)
  • Reading the Past. Current approaches to interpretation in archaeology(1986) (revised 1991 and, with Scott Hutson, 2003)
  • The Domestication of Europe: Structure and contingency in Neolithic societies(1990)
  • Theory and Practice in Archaeology(1992) (Collected papers)
  • On the Surface: Çatalhöyük 1993–95(1996), as editor, Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research and British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara.ISBN0-9519420-3-4.
  • The Archaeological Process. An introduction(1999)
  • Archaeological Theory Today(2001)
  • Archaeology beyond dialogue(2004) (Collected papers)
  • The Leopard's Tale: Revealing the Mysteries of Çatalhöyük(2006)
  • Religion in the Emergence of Civilization. Çatalhöyük as a case study(2010)
  • Entangled: An Archaeology of the Relationships between Humans and Things(2012)
  • Where Are We Heading? The Evolution of Humans and Things(2018)

References

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  1. ^Hivernel, Francoise; Hodder, Ian (1984). Hodder, Ian (ed.).Analysis of artifact distribution at Ngenyn (Kenya): Depositional and postdepositional effects.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 97–115.
  2. ^abcdeCurriculum Vitae - Ian Hodder
  3. ^abcdBauer, Alexander A.; Silberman, Neil Asher, eds. (2012).The Oxford Companion to Archaeology.Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 683–684.ISBN978-0-19-973578-5.
  4. ^abcd"HODDER, Prof. Ian Richard".Who's Who.Vol. 2020 (online ed.). A & C Black.(Subscription orUK public library membershiprequired.)
  5. ^"Dick Hodder (15 November 1923 - 12 September 2006)".The Times.24 November 2006.Retrieved27 January2021.
  6. ^Hodder, I. R. (1975).Some Applications of Spatial Analysis in Archaeology.E-Thesis Online Service(Ph.D). The British Library.Retrieved27 January2021.
  7. ^https://www.science.org/content/article/hodder-cleans-house-famed-atalh-y-k-dig[bare URL]
  8. ^https://www.catalhoyuk.com/project/history[bare URL]
  9. ^"Professor Ian Hodder FBA".The British Academy.Retrieved26 January2021.
  10. ^"No. 62666".The London Gazette(Supplement). 8 June 2019. pp. B3–B4.

Further reading

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  • Balter, Michael.The Goddess and the Bull: Çatalhöyük: An Archaeological Journey to the Dawn of Civilization.New York: Free Press, 2004 (hardcover,ISBN0-7432-4360-9); Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press, 2006 (paperback,ISBN1-59874-069-5).
  • Kerig, Tim. Ian Hodder und die britische Archäologie. In: M. K. H. Eggert & U. Veit (Eds.): Theorien in der Archäologie: Zur englischsprachigen Diskussion. Tübinger Archaeologische Taschenbucher 1. p. 217-242. Münster: Waxmann 1998 (paperbackISBN3-89325-594-X).
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