McBurney, Charles, 1914-1979 (archaeologist)

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Dates

Existence: 1914 - 1979

Biography

Born in the United States, in 1933, he entered King's College, Cambridge, reading French and German, and then Archaeology and Anthropology. In 1950, he became a British citizen. In 1952, he started as a lecturer in archaeology at Cambridge, and later Reader and finally Professor of Quaternary Prehistory. His work included studies of the Upper Paleolithic in Britain, important excavations in the Channel Islands, extensive excavations in Libya (the Haua Fteah cave) and, in later years, excavations in Iran and Afghanistan. He also published on French prehistory, archaeological work in the Soviet Union, and on cave art. He was the father of the composer and writer Gerard McBurney and the actor and director Simon McBurney.

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Papers concerning excavations at La Cotte de St Brelade, Jersey

Fonds

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9612

Dates: 1950-1995

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