years, and member of the Council of the Society of Antiquaries from 1956–7. In 1960, after a short course at Cuddesdon College, he had been ordained into Holy Orders. He served as curate at Great Missenden, where he lived from 1960–63. On his retirement he became vicar of Cuddington with Diton in Buckinghamshire. He died on 26 February 1980 in Chelmsford, Essex. Personal life A. J. Arkell was married twice, first to Dorothy Davidson, with whom he had two children, and second to Joan Margaret Andrews. Arkell retired in 1963 and was ordained a minister. He had always wished to enter the church at the end of his life and so follow his father who, together with his mother, he spoke of with great respect. He died in Chelmsford on 26 February 1980, at the age of eighty-one. See also Neolithic Subpluvial References External links The archive papers of A J Arkell are held by SOAS Special Collections. 1898 births 1980 deaths 20th-century archaeologists 20th-century English historians Academics of University College London English archaeologists English Egyptologists People from Ashford, Kent Sudan Political Service officers Royal Flying Corps officers Royal Air Force personnel of World War I Badarian culture