Philip Arthur Barker (22 August 1920 – 8 January 2001) was a British archaeologist who is best known for his work on excavation methodology.
He left school with no qualifications and served in the RAF during the Second World War before he trained as a teacher.
He taught Art at the Priory Grammar School for Boys, Shrewsbury and established an archaeological society at the school, which conducted a large number of excavations in the area, including a section of the town walls at Roushill in Shrewsbury.
For many years, he was the archaeologist at Worcester Cathedral, where he organised a regular symposium on church archaeology and history.
The excavations at Hen Domen led to the publication of a book about the project and another about timber castles more broadly, jointly written with Robert Higham.