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Timothy Darvill (22 December 1957 – 5 October 2024) was an English archaeologist and author, best known for his publications on prehistoric Britain and his excavations in England, Wales, and the Isle of Man. He was Professor of Archaeology in the Faculty of Science and Technology
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in England. In April 2008 he co-directed excavations within
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, together with
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and
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, to examine the early stone structures on the site. The work featured heavily in a BBC ''
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'' programme which examined the theory that Stonehenge was a prehistoric centre of healing. He was appointed
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(OBE) in the 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to archaeology.


Career

After completing a PhD at
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on the Neolithic of Wales and the
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, he worked for the Western Archaeological Trust and the
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before establishing a private practice offering consultancy services in the field of archaeological resource management. He was appointed to the Chair of Archaeology in the newly established archaeology group at Bournemouth Polytechnic (now Bournemouth University) in October 1991 and between 2007 and 2010 was Director of the Centre for Archaeology, Anthropology and Heritage. The author of over twenty books and more than 200 papers and articles, he served as Chairman of the Institute of Field Archaeologists, vice-president of the
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, and was a Member of the Council of the
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. At the time of his death he was chairman of the board of directors of Cotswold Archaeology and a vice-president of the
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. His research interests focused on archaeological resource management and the Neolithic of northwest Europe. Darvill was elected as a fellow of the
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in 1988.


Personal life and death

Darvill was born on 22 December 1957 and raised in the
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and contributed to the local archaeology scene, including being chairman of Cotswold Archaeology. He was a guitarist and played in a band called the Standing Stones. Darvill died from cancer on 5 October 2024, at the age of 66.


Bibliography

* *''Megalithic Chambered Tombs of the Cotswold Severn Region'' (Vorda, 1982) *''Prehistoric Gloucestershire'' (Alan Sutton, 1987) *''Ancient Monuments in the Countryside'' (English Heritage, 1987) *''Prehistoric Britain'' (Batsford, 1987; Yale University Press 1987; Routledge 1996) *''Cirencester: town and landscape'' (with Christopher Gerrard. Cotswold Archaeological Trust, 1994) *''Planning for the Past: an assessment of archaeological assessments 1982–91'' (with Stephen Burrow and Deborah-Anne Wildgust. English Heritage, 1995) *''Prehistoric Britain from the Air'' (Cambridge University Press, 1996) *''Neolithic Houses in Northwest Europe and Beyond'' (edited with Julian Thomas. Oxbow Books, 1996) *''Making English Landscapes'' (edited with Katherine Barker. Oxbow Books, 1997) *''MARS: The Monuments at Risk Survey of England 1995'' (with Andrew Fulton. Bournemouth University and English Heritage 1998) *''The Cerne Giant: an antiquity on trial'' (with Katherine Barker, Barbara Bender, and Ronald Hutton. Oxbow Books, 1999) *''Prehistory: a teacher’s guide'' (with Mike Corbishley and Peter Stone. English Heritage, 2000) *''Anglo-Russian Archaeology Seminar: recording systems for archaeological projects'' (edited with Gennadii Afanas’ev and Eileen Wilkes. Bournemouth University and the Institute of Archaeology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 2000) *''One Land, Many Landscapes'' (edited with Martin Gojda. British Archaeological Reports International Series, 2001) *''Neolithic Enclosures in Atlantic Northwest Europe'' (edited with Julian Thomas. Oxbow Books, 2001) *''The Archaeology of the Uplands'' (CBA and Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England, 1986) *''Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology'' (Oxford University Press, 2002) **--do.-- Second edition. 2008 *''Oxford Guide to Archaeological Sites in England'' (with Paul Stamper and Jane Timby. Oxford University Press, 2002) *''Megaliths from Antiquity'' (Antiquity Papers 3. Edited with Caroline Malone. Antiquity Publications, Cambridge, 2003) *''The Long Barrows of the Cotswolds and Surrounding Areas'' (Tempus, 2004) *''Heritage of Value: archaeology of renown'' (edited with Clay Mathers and Barbara Little. University Press of Florida, 2005) *''Stonehenge World Heritage Site: an archaeological research framework'' (English Heritage and Bournemouth University, 2005) *''Stonehenge: the biography of a landscape'' (Tempus, 2006) *''Prehistoric Britain'' (Routledge, 2010)Prehistoric Britain book
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Darvill, Timothy 1957 births 2024 deaths Alumni of the University of Southampton Officers of the Order of the British Empire English prehistorians Deaths from cancer in England 20th-century English archaeologists 21st-century British archaeologists Academics of Bournemouth University Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London People from Gloucestershire