Appreciation for Peter Ucko, Emeritus Professor of Comparative Archaeology and former Director of the Institute of Archaeology, UCL (1996–2006)

Abstract

Professor Peter Ucko, Director of the University College Institute of Archaeology (1996–2006), was one of the greatest archaeologists of his generation. His innovative thinking made him the initiator of many developments in archaeology. Peter began his career of editing and publishing with two books based on conferences held at UCL’s Institute of Archaeology The Domestication and Exploitation of Plants and Animals (with G. W. Dimbleby, 1969) and Man, Settlement and Urbanism (with G. W. Dimbleby and Ruth Tringham, 1972), seminal Afr Archaeol Rev (2007) 24:95–97 DOI 10.1007/s10437-007-9017-6