Paul Pettitt | |
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| Born | Paul Barry Pettitt |
| Other names | Paul B. Pettitt |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University of Birmingham University College London University of Cambridge |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Archaeology of the Palaeolithic Cave art Lithics Burial archaeology |
| Institutions | University of Oxford Keble College, Oxford University of Sheffield Durham University |
| Thesis | Tool reduction models, primary flaking, and lithic assemblage variability in the Middle Palaeolithic of southwest France (1999) |
Paul Barry Pettitt, FSA is a British archaeologist and academic. He specialises in the Palaeolithic era, with particular focus on claims of art and burial practices of the Neanderthals and Pleistocene Homo sapiens, and methods of determining the age of artefacts from this time. Since 2013, he has been Professor of Archaeology at Durham University. He previously taught at Keble College, Oxford and the University of Sheffield.