Atholl Anderson

1943 -

country of citizenship: New Zealand

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: University of Otago, University of Canterbury

occupation: archaeologist, prehistorian, anthropologist, university teacher

award received: honorary doctorate, Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement (Non-Fiction)

student of: Roger Fairbairn McLean, Foss Leach

Atholl John Anderson (born 1943) is a New Zealand archaeologist who has worked extensively in New Zealand and the Pacific. His work is notable for its syntheses of history, biology, ethnography and archaeological evidence. He made a major contribution to the evidence given by the iwi (tribe) Ngāi Tahu to the Waitangi Tribunal. Source: Wikipedia (en)