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Book SynopsisChallenging Preconceptions of the European Iron Age is a collection of essays by some of the leading researchers in the archaeology of the European Iron Age, paying tribute to Professor John Collis. Since the 1960s, John has been involved in investigating and enriching our understanding of Iron Age society, and crucially, questioning the status quo of our narratives about the past. He has influenced generations of students and peers alike, and has been one the strongest voices in the demystification of the ‘Celtic’ world. This volume brings together papers from more than a dozen of Professor Collis’s colleagues and students to mark his 75th birthday. The contributions range across later prehistory and the European continent, taking in major themes that have been his prime interests - hillforts, data, urbanism, and ‘the Celts’.
Table of ContentsPreface ;
The Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland: a consideration of the coastal and inland promontory forts and enclosures of Scotland –
Stratford Halliday and Ian Ralston ;
A long, largely aceramic, period of Devon’s prehistory –
Henrietta Quinnell ;
Deconstructing archaeological databases –
Martin Kuna ;
The Gauls against the State –
Sophie Krausz ;
The European Iron Age. John Collis (1984). London: Batsford. a late review –
Chris Gosden ;
Exploring the origins and character of transhumance in England –
Andrew Fleming ;
Since John left Devon: some unanticipated outcomes of aerial reconnaissance in the county –
F.M. Griffith and E.M. Wilkes ;
Mam Tor, Derbyshire: new plans outlining hill and fort, internal platforms and all –
Graeme Guilbert ;
A rich Late Iron Age burial from Canterbury –
Timothy Champion ;
Some reflections on phenomenology, structure, agency and actancy in medieval pottery studies –
C. G. Cumberpatch ;
‘
Friendly Hills by Nature Guarded Round’: Recent work at Bathampton Down, Bath –
Lisa Brown ;
Mapping Celticity –
Olivier Buchsenschutz
