# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steven-mithen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:11:20.527Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steven-mithen"
name: "Steven Mithen"
slug: "steven-mithen"
description: "Steven Mithen is a British archaeologist. He is noted for his work on the evolution of language, music and intelligence, prehistoric hunter-gatherers, and the origins of farming. He is professor of early prehistory at the University of Reading."
tagline: "British archaeologist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1960-10-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.04
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.558749333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Mithen"
    title: "Steven Mithen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ستيڤين ميثين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Mithen"
    title: "Steven Mithen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Mithen"
    title: "Steven Mithen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Mithen"
    title: "Steven Mithen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "استیون میتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Mithen"
    title: "Steven Mithen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2347622"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump