Paul Bahn
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Paul Gerard Bahn,
Early life and education
Born and raised in
Career
After receiving his doctorate, Bahn held several post-doctoral fellowships, at Liverpool and London, as well as a Getty Foundation postdoctoral fellowship in the History of Art and the Humanities. He went freelance in the mid-80s, and since then has devoted himself to writing, editing and translating books on archaeology, plus occasional journalism. His main research interest is prehistoric art, especially rock art of the world, and most notably Palaeolithic art, as well as the archaeology of Easter Island. He led the team which discovered the first Ice Age cave art in Britain in 2003 and 2004.
He is a contributing editor to
Bahn's 2012 memoir, The Cambridge Rapist - Unmasking The Beast of Bedsitland recalls his student days at a time when serial rapist Peter Samuel Cook was at large.[4][5]
Honours
On 9 January 1986, Bahn was elected a
Published works
- Pyrenean Prehistory (1984)
- Ancient Places (with Glyn Daniel, 1986)
- Images of the Ice Age (1988, with Jean Vertut)
- The Bluffer's Guide to Archaeology (1989, 2nd ed. 1999, 3rd ed. 2004)
- Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice (1991, with Colin Renfrew—2nd ed. 1996, 3rd ed. 2000, 4th ed. 2004, 5th ed. 2008, 6th ed. 2012)
- Easter Island, Earth Island (with John Flenley, 1992)
- 100 Great Archaeological Discoveries (1995)
- Mammoths (with Adrian Lister, 1995; 2nd ed. 2000)
- Archaeology: a very short introduction (1997)
- Journey Through the Ice Age (with Jean Vertut, 1997)
- The Cambridge Illustrated History of Prehistoric Art (1998)
- Disgraceful Archaeology (with Bill Tidy, 1999)
- Archaeology: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions series, 2000, 2nd ed. 2012)
- The Enigmas of Easter Island (with John Flenley, 2003)
- Cave Art: A Guide to the Decorated Ice Age Caves of Europe (2007; 2nd ed. 2012)
- The Cambridge Rapist - Unmasking The Beast of Bedsitland (2012, ISBN 978-1843868514)
- The History of Archaeology: An Introduction (editor, 2013)
- Lee, Georgia; Horley, Paul; Bahn, Paul (May 2014). "Comments on historical images of the moai Hoa Hakananai'a" (PDF). Rapa Nui Journal. 28 (1). Easter Island Foundation: 53–59. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
References
- ^ a b 'Bahn, Paul (1953-)', Encyclopedia.com. Accessed 2 July 2020.
- ^ a b c AIA (n.d.)
- ^ 'Cambridge Tripos results: first and second class', Times, 20 July 1974.
- ^ Hepworth, Daniel (4 December 2014). "Paul Bahn: unmasking the Cambridge rapist". Varsity. Cambridge. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
- ISBN 978-1843868514.
- ^ "Dr Paul Bahn FSA". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
Bibliography
- AIA (Archaeological Institute of America) (n.d.). "Paul G. Bahn". AIA tours. AIA. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 21 April 2008.
