Richard Bradley (archaeologist)

Richard Bradley
Born	1946
Nationality	English
Alma mater	University of Oxford
Occupation	Archaeologist
Years active	1978–present

Richard Bradley (born 1946) is a British archaeologist specialising in the study of European prehistory, and in particular Prehistoric Britain. He is currently working as a professor of archaeology at the University of Reading. He is also the author of a number of books on the subject of archaeology and prehistory.

British Archaeology magazine commented that Bradley was one of the best respected archaeologists in the field.^[1]

Biography

Bradley was born in Hampshire in 1946; his father was a metallurgist in the British Navy.^[1] He attended grammar school, where he became interested in archaeology, but went on to study law at the University of Oxford in the 1960s; he did not involve himself in the counterculture of the time, disliking the music associated with it and the "pretentiousness" of many of those involved who had come from private schools.^[1] Not wishing to enter the legal profession, he focused on archaeology, working as an amateur in the field and authoring academic papers, some of which saw publication in national journals.^[1] Without a single qualification in archaeology, aged 25 he was appointed an assistant lecturer at Reading University.^[1]

Bibliography

Books

Title	Year	Co-author(s)	Publisher	ISBN
Mesolithic Assemblage from East Sussex	1972	n/a	Phillimore & Co Ltd	978-0850330755
The Prehistoric Settlement of Britain	1978	n/a	Routledge (London)	978-0710089939
The Social Foundations of Prehistoric Britain	1984	n/a	Longman (Harlow)
Passage of Arms: An Archaeological Analysis of Prehistoric Hoards and Votive Deposits	1990	n/a	Cambridge University Press (Cambridge)
Interpreting the Axe Trade: Production and Exchange in Neolithic Britain	1993	Mark Edmonds	Cambridge University Press	978-0521434461
Altering the Earth: Origins of Monuments in Britain and Continental Europe	1993	n/a	Society of Antiquaries of Scotland	978-0903903080
Rock Art and the Prehistory of Atlantic Europe: Signing the Land	1997	n/a	Routledge (London)	978-0415165365
The Significance of Monuments: On the Shaping of Human Experience in Neolithic and Bronze Age Europe	1998	n/a	Routledge (London)
Passage of Arms: An Archaeological Analysis of Prehistoric Hoards and Votive Deposits (second edition)	1998	n/a	Oxbow Books	978-1900188586
An Archaeology of Natural Places	2000	n/a	Routledge (London)
The Good Stones: A New Investigation of the Clava Cairns	2000	n/a	Society of Antiquaries of Scotland	978-0903903172
The Past in Prehistoric Societies	2002	n/a	Routledge (London)	978-0415276283
Ritual and Domestic Life in Prehistoric Europe	2005	n/a	Routledge (Abingdon)
The Moon and the Bonfire: An Investigation of Three Stone Circles in NE Scotland	2005	n/a	Society of Antiquaries of Scotland	978-0903903332
The Prehistory of Britain and Ireland	2007	n/a	Cambridge University Press (New York)
Image and Audience: Rethinking Prehistoric Art	2009	n/a	Oxford University Press (New York)	978-0199533855
The Idea of Order: The Circular Archetype in Prehistoric Europe	2012	n/a	Oxford University Press (New York)	978-0199608096

References

Footnotes

1. British Archaeology 1996.

Bibliography

• Denison, Simon; Bradley, Richard (1996). "Interview with Richard Bradley". British Archaeology. Council for British Archaeology. Retrieved February 2013.