Biography

Paul Gerard Bahn, FSA (born 29 July 1953) is a British archaeologist, translator, writer and broadcaster who has published extensively on a range of archaeological topics, with particular attention to prehistoric art. He is a contributing editor to Archaeology magazine. With Colin Renfrew, he wrote the popular archaeology textbook Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice. Born and raised in Kingston-upon-Hull, Bahn was educated at the Marist College in the city and at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he studied archaeology and graduated with a BA in 1974. He completed his Ph.D thesis on the prehistory of the French Pyrenees at...Read More