Colin Burgess

Colin B Burgess (1938–2014) was an archaeologist specializing in the Bronze Age, especially in the north east of England and the Mediterranean.

Biography Originally from London, Burgess studied at Cardiff University, where he wrote an undergraduate dissertation on bronze-age metalwork from the Thames.

For most of his career, he worked at Newcastle University, where he focused on the archaeology of north east of England, and formed relationships with both amateur archaeologists and international scholars.

Sometime in or after the 1980s, Burgess moved to France, having grown "disillusioned" with trends in British archaeology.

Burgess published on archaeological topics for a full five decades; his last publication appeared in 2012. For a list of publications, see the Colin B Burgess page at the Archaeology Data Service, as well as the Hommage.