Paul Mellars congratulations
Paul Mellars, a well known Stone Age archaeologist, was a contemporary of mine at Cambridge University many years ago. He's an expert on the Neanderthals, also on the spread of modern humans into Europe, upon which he has written numerous really well argued papers, using new radiocarbon dates. For many years,m he has been a fellow of Corpus Christi College in Cambridge.
In the Queen's New Year's honors, Paul was knighted for his services to archaeology. This is a huge honor for a very distinguished scholar and for archaeology. This seems like as good a forum as any to raise my battered (and non-exiostent) Indiana Jones hat in salute to a very nice man and an exceptional scholar, whose is modest and self-effacing.
Heartfelt congratulations to Paul. He deserves this remarkable honor.
I'm very lucky to be a small part of an extraordinary generation of luminaries in the archaeological world, which include Colin (now Lord) Renfrew), Sir Barry Cunliffe, and Charles Higham, in far away New Zealand, whose work in Southeast Asia is truly extraordinary.
Fully agree that Paul Mellars - who taught me 30 years ago and has been a supporter and mentor ever since - deserves his knighthood, and glad that Professor Fagan has brought the news to the attention of some of those who might have missed it.
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