Peter Warren

Peter Michael Warren, (born 23 June 1938) is a British archaeologist and academic, specialising in the Aegean Bronze Age. From 1977 to 2001, he was Professor of Ancient History and Classical Archaeology at the University of Bristol, where he is currently Professor Emeritus and a senior research fellow at the university.

Early life Warren was born on 23 June 1938. He went on to study at the University College of North Wales, from which he graduated Bachelor of Arts (BA). the excavation report was completed and published in 1972.

Warren began his academic career at the University of Birmingham. Having completed his doctorate and a number of excavations, he joined Birmingham as a lecturer in 1972. He was promoted to senior lecturer in 1974 and appointed Reader in Aegean Archaeology in 1976. In 1997, he was elected Fellow of the British Academy (FBA).

Publications Minoan stone vases (1969) Myrtos: An early Bronze Age settlement in Crete (1972) Minoan Religion as Ritual Action (1988) Aegean Bronze Age chronology (1989) The Early Minoan Tombs of Lebena, Southern Crete (2004)