Paul Ashbee | |
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Born | |
Died | 19 August 2009 | (aged 91)
Citizenship | British |
Alma mater | University of London |
Known for | Leading authority on Neolithic and Bronze Age barrows |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Archaeology |
Paul Ashbee (23 June 1918 – 19 August 2009) was a leading British archaeologist, noted for his many excavations of barrows, or burial mounds, and for co-directing the Sutton Hoo digs (with Rupert Bruce-Mitford) from 1964 to 1972. He was also president of the Just William Society. He died of cancer on 19 August 2009, aged 91.[1]