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hodder at Çatalhöyük , 2003 bristol , uk british archaeology , anthropology university of cambridge stanford university 23 november 1948 pioneering post-processual archaeology usa ian hodder
 ian hodder
ian hodder

ian hodder fba -lrb- born 23 november 1948 in bristol -rrb- is a british archaeologist and pioneer of postprocessualist theory in archaeology that first took root among his students and in his own work between 1980-1990 .
at this time he had such students as henrietta moore , ajay pratap , nandini rao , mike parker pearson , paul lane , john muke , sheena crawford , nick merriman , michael shanks and christopher tilley .
, he is dunlevie family professor of anthropology at stanford university in the united states .
since 1993 , hodder and an international team of archaeologists have carried out new research and excavation of the 9,000 year-old neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in central anatolia -lrb- modern turkey -rrb- .
he is director of the Çatalhöyük archaeological project which aims to conserve the site , put it into context , and present it to the public .
he has endeavoured to explore the effects of non-positivistic methods in archaeology , which includes providing each excavator with the opportunity to record his or her own individual interpretation of the site .
he obtained a bachelor of arts degree with first-class honors in prehistoric archaeology from the university of london in 1971 , and a phd on `` spatial analysis in archaeology '' at the university of cambridge in 1974 .
he was a lecturer at the university of leeds from 1974 to 1977 before moving back to cambridge , where he held several academic positions , including professor of archaeology from 1996 to 1999 .
he moved to stanford in 1999 and became dunlevie family professor in 2002 , and a fellow of the british academy in 1996 .
