Tony James Wilkinson, FBA (14 August 1948 – 25 December 2014) was a British archaeologist and academic, specialising in landscape archaeology and the Ancient Near East.
[2] From 1966 to 1969, he studied geography at Birkbeck, University of London,[3] graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree.
[4] He then undertook post-graduate study at McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, graduating from there with a Master of Science (MSc) degree in 1972.
[2] In addition to his research and teaching within the Department of Archaeology, he was involved with Durham's Institute of Advanced Study.
[6] He worked with declassified CORONA satellite images to research ancient sites and landscapes of Upper Mesopotamia.