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Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn

The Right Honorable
The Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn
FBA FSA HonFSAScot
Master of Jesus College, Cambridge
In office
1986–1996
Preceded by Sir Alan Cottrell
Succeeded by David Crighton
Disney Professor of Archaeology
University of Cambridge
In office
1981–2004
Preceded by Glyn Daniel
Succeeded by Graeme Barker
Personal details
Born Andrew Colin Renfrew
(1937-07-25) 25 July 1937 (age 79)
, England
Nationality British
Political party Conservative
Education St Albans School, Hertfordshire
Alma mater St John's College, Cambridge
Military service
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  Royal Air Force
Years of service 1956 to 1958

Andrew Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, FBA, FSA, Hon FSA Scot (born 25 July 1937 in ) is a British archaeologist, paleolinguist and Conservative peer noted for his work on radiocarbon dating, the prehistory of languages, archaeogenetics, and the prevention of looting at archaeological sites. He developed the Anatolian hypothesis, which argues that Proto-Indo-European, the reconstructed ancestor of the Indo-European languages, originated approximately 9,000 years ago in Anatolia and moved with the spread of farming throughout the Mediterranean and into Central and Northern Europe. This hypothesis contradicted Marija Gimbutas's Kurgan hypothesis, which states that Proto-Indo-European was spread by a migration of peoples from the Pontic-Caspian steppe approximately 6,000 years ago.

Renfrew was formerly the Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge and Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research and is now a Senior Fellow of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.


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