![]() Another site in southern England led him away from the Roman period. There he became involved in the excavation (1961–1968) of the Fishbourne Roman Palace in Sussex. In 1966, he became an unusually young professor when he took the chair at the newly founded Department of Archaeology at the University of Southampton. Fascinated by the Roman remains in nearby Bath he embarked on a programme of excavation and publication. ![]() After studying at Portsmouth Northern Grammar School (now the Mayfield School) and reading archaeology and anthropology at St John's College, Cambridge, he became a lecturer at the University of Bristol in 1963. The dolphin mosaic found by Cunliffe's team at FishbourneĬunliffe's decision to become an archaeologist was sparked at the age of nine by the discovery of Roman remains on his uncle's farm in Somerset. ![]()
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