Timothy Taylor (archaeologist)
- Timothy Taylor (archaeologist)
Timothy Taylor (born 1960) is a lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Bradford in the UK, and an author of popular books on anthropology. He has presented his work frequently on television. The British Archaeological Award winner for "best popular archaeology on television" 1991 was a "Down to Earth" episode on which he appeared.
Taylor was educated at the universities of Cambridge and Oxford and is current editor-in-chief of the Journal of World Prehistory.
Taylor is known for his closely reasoned, wide-ranging, and provocative ideas, and for his ability to connect with a general audience of readers and viewers.
Books
* "The Prehistory of Sex: Four Million Years of Human Sexual Culture" 1996, Bantam ISBN 0-553-37527-X – a controversial book actually beginning eight million years in the past.
* "The Buried Soul: How Humans Invented Death" 2004, Beacon ISBN 0-8070-4672-8 – claims evidence for widespread prehistoric vampirism and cannibalism, and that ceremonial burial predates social conceptions of an immortal soul.
External links
* [http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/bios/taylor.html Timothy Taylor on Edge]
* [http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/pr/sept2002/stoneage.php A page on Timothy's newer book at the Bradford University site]
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* [http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/anthropology+%26+archaeology/journal/10963 Journal of World Prehistory web site]
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