John Collis

John Collis, (born 1944 in Winchester) is a British prehistorian. His first dig was in Longbridge Deverill with the Hawkes. He studied in Prague (with E. Soudská), Tübingen (with W. Kimmig) and Cambridge, where he studied from 1963 to 1970 and was awarded his Ph.D.. He joined the Archaeology Department in Sheffield in 1972 and was made professor in 1990. He has acted as Head of Department and became Emeritus Professor there in October 2004.

For the headmaster and educational writer, see John Day Collis. For the rural writer, see John Stewart Collis.

His speciality is the European Iron Age.[1] He has dug in Britain, Germany, Spain and central France (Bibracte), and appeared in two episodes of Channel 4's popular archaeology programme Time Team.[2]

Publications
  • John Collis with contributions by Barry Ager, Wigber Low, Derbyshire, a Bronze Age and Anglian burial site in the White Peak (Sheffield, Dep. of Prehist. and Archaeol., Univ. of Sheffield 1983)
  • John Barnatt; John Collis (1996). Barrows in the Peak District: Recent Research. J.R. Collis. ISBN 978-0-906090-50-3.
  • John Collis (2003) [1984]. The European Iron Age. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-74637-8.
  • John Collis (2003). The Celts: origins, myths & inventions. Tempus.[3]
  • John Collis (2004) [1996]. Digging Up the Past: An Introduction to Archaeological Excavation. Sutton. ISBN 978-0-7509-3512-8.[4]
  • John Collis (1984). Oppida: Earliest Towns North of the Alps. Department of Prehistory and Archaeology, University of Sheffield. ISBN 978-0-906090-23-7.
  • ed. by John Collis, Society and settlement in Iron Age Europe, actes du XVIIIe colloque de l'AFEAF, Winchester – April 1994; dedicated to the memory of Sara Champion 1946–2000 (Sheffield 2001). L' habitat et l'occupation du sol en Europe 11, 2001
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References
  1. "Our Staff - Professor John Collis". The University of Sheffield. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
  2. "John Collis". The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
  3. James, Simon. "Simon James's Ancient Celts page: writing history". University of Leicester. Archived from the original on 2017-05-25. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
  4. Wilkinson, Paul. "Book reviews, August 2002". British Archaeology magazine. Retrieved 2011-03-31.


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