Re: Colin Renfrew passes away (2024-11-24)

Christian Weisgerber wrote:

British archaeologist Colin Renfrew has died.  In 1987, he originated
the "Anatolian hypothesis" of the Proto-Indo-European dispersal,
an idea that has remained a minority view.

Oh my. Bummer. Not all that familiar with his
Anatolian theory but come across his "Before
Civilisation: The Radiocarbon Revolution and
Prehistoric Europe" and his carbon dating work.
Once had occasion to meet and do some support
work for a former grad student of his who had
nothing but good to say about him.
I was insanely jealous he'd worked/for with a
proverbial Great Man.