Chris Scarre

Chris Scarre is a writer in the fields of archaeology and ancient history.

He obtained his MA and PhD degrees from the University of Cambridge and is a professor in the Archaeology department at Durham University.^[1]

From 1984 to 1988 he was editor of Past Worlds: The Times Atlas and Archeology (1988) and of Timelines of the Ancient World (1993).

Notable works

• The Megalithic Monuments of Britain and Ireland. 2007, London and New York: Thames & Hudson.
• Les Monuments Mégalithiques de la Grande Bretagne et d'Irlande. 2005, Paris: Errance.
• The Human Past: World Prehistory and the Development of Human Societies. London: Thames & Hudson. 2005.  (2nd edition Thames & Hudson, 2009, ISBN 9780500287811)
• Scarre, Chris, Fagan, Brian M. Ancient Civilizations. 2002, New York: Prentice Hall.
• Mohen, Jean-Pierre, Scarre, Chris Les Tumulus de Bougon. 2002, Complexe mégalithique du Ve au IIIe millénaire. Paris: Errance.
• Chronicle of the Roman Emperors: The reign by reign record of the rulers of Imperial Rome, 1995 (reprinted 2004)

Editorial activity

• Megalithic Quarrying: Sourcing, extracting and manipulating the stones. 2009, Oxford: Archaeopress.
• Scarre, Chris, Lawson, Graeme, ed (2006). Archaeoacoustics. McDonald Institute Monographs. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. ISBN 9781902937359. 
• Laporte, Luc, Joussaume, Roger & Scarre, Chris Origin and Development of the Megalithic Monuments of Western Europe. 2006. Bougon: Musée des Tumulus de Bougon.
• Scarre, Chris., Scarre, Geoffrey, ed (2006). The ethics of archaeology philosophical perspectives on archaeological practice.. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521840118. http://books.google.com/books?id=-W-F_ifgYHYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Chris+Scarre&source=bl&ots=l1ioS8Svw6&sig=TCdjl3ptOGHuJ_XaDV17xE1HNq8&hl=en&ei=hlViS9X4OomaMorsmdcD&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CCUQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=Chris%20Scarre&f=false. 
• Cherry, John, Scarre, Chris & Shennan, Stephen Explaining Social Change: studies in honour of Colin Renfrew. 2004. McDonald Institute Monographs. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.
• Scarre, Chris, ed (2002). Monuments and Landscape in Atlantic Europe. London and New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415273145. http://books.google.com/books?id=_oo-t5s2YZ4C&pg=PP1&dq=Chris+Scarre&cd=4#v=onepage&q=Chris%20Scarre&f=false. 
• The Seventy Wonders of the Ancient World (1999).
• Editor-in-chiefof the Cambridge Archaeological Journal (1990-2005).

References

1. ^ http://www.dur.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/?id=3296

External links

• "Archaeologist Chris Scarre finds fascination in discovering the past by examining its material remains.", History Today

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