John Collis

For the headmaster and educational writer, see John Day Collis. For the rural writer, see John Stewart 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 and was awarded his Ph.D. in Cambridge, where he studied from 1963-1970. 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.

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

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References

  1. "Our Staff - Professor John Collis". The University of Sheffield. 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. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
  4. Wilkinson, Paul. "Book reviews, August 2002". British Archaeology magazine. Retrieved 2011-03-31.