Alasdair William Richardson Whittle, FBA, FLSW (born 7 May 1949) is a British archaeologist and academic, specialising in Neolithic Europe.
He was Distinguished Research Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University from 1997 to 2018.
[1] He studied Literae Humaniores (i.e. classics) at Christ Church, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.
[1][2] He remained at Oxford to study for a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree, which he completed in 1976 with a thesis titled "The Earlier Neolithic of Southern England and its Continental Contacts".
[4] He is also a founding Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (FLSW).