Chris Gosden

Christopher Hugh Gosden FBA[1] (born 1955) is a British archaeologist specialising in the archaeology of identity, particularly English identity. He is Professor of European Archaeology and Director of the Institute of Archaeology at the University of Oxford.[2] He is also a trustee of the British Museum.[3]

Gosden was born in 1955.[4] He studied archaeology at the University of Sheffield, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1977 and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1983.[4]

Selected works

• Gosden, Chris (2003). Prehistory: a very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0192803436.
• Gosden, Chris (2004). Archaeology and colonialism: cultural contact from 5000 B.C. to the present. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521787956.
• Gosden, Chris; Larson, Frances (2007). Knowing things: exploring the collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum, 1884-1945. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0199225893.
• Garrow, Duncan; Gosden, Chris (2012). Technologies of enchantment? Exploring Celtic art: 400 BC to AD 100. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

References

1. "Professor Chris Gosden". British Academy. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
2. "Chris Gosden". School of Archaeology, University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 2016-08-23. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
3. "Trustee: Professor Chris Gosden FBA". The British Museum. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
4. "Gosden, Prof. Christopher Hugh, (born 6 Sept. 1955), Professor of European Archaeology, University of Oxford, since 2006; Fellow, Keble College, Oxford, since 2006". Who's Who 2020. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2019. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-45821. Retrieved 23 September 2020.