Richard Atkinson

Richard John Copland Atkinson (1920-1994) was a British prehistorian and archaeologist.

He investigated sites including Stonehenge, Silbury Hill and Wayland's Smithy and was a friend and collaborator of Stuart Piggott.

Atkinson was famous for his practical contributions to archaeological technique and his pragmatic solutions to on-site problems which were listed in the handbook he wrote called Field Archaeology.