Ian Hodder was brought up in Singapore and in Oxford, England.
10 Facts About Ian Hodder
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Ian Hodder was educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford, then an all-boys private school.
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Ian Hodder studied prehistoric archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology of the University of London, graduating with a first class Bachelor of Arts in 1971.
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Ian Hodder then studied at Peterhouse, Cambridge, and was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree by the University of Cambridge in 1975: his supervisor was David L Clarke and his thesis was titled "Some Applications of Spatial Analysis in Archaeology".
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Ian Hodder was a lecturer at the University of Leeds from 1974 to 1977.
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Ian Hodder then returned to the University of Cambridge, where he was an assistant lecturer and then lecturer in archaeology.
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In 1999, Ian Hodder moved to Stanford University in the United States.
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Ian Hodder was the Director of the Catalhoyuk Archaeological Project which aimed to conserve the site, put it into context, and present it to the public.
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Ian Hodder endeavoured to explore the effects of non-positivistic methods in archaeology, which included providing each excavator with the opportunity to record his or her own individual interpretation of the site.
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Ian Hodder was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1996.