Society and Settlement in Iron Age Europe; Acres du XVIIIe Colloque de l'AFEAF, Winchester. (April 1994)(Europe).

Society and Settlement in Iron Age Europe; Acres du XVIIIe Colloque de l'AFEAF, Winchester. (April 1994)(Europe). 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 Praha (with E. Soudsk��), T��bingen (with W. Kimmig) and Cambridge and was awarded his Ph.D. in Cambridge, where he taught from 1963-1970. (ed.). Society and settlement in Iron Age Europe; acresdu XVIIIe Colloque de l'AFEAF, Winchester (April 1994). vii+332pages, 181 figures, 6 tables. 2001. Sheffield: J.R. Collis;1-85075-698-8 hardback 46 [pounds sterling] & US$75. Dr COLLIS and J.-P. Millotte introduce 19 valuable papers rangingfrom Bohemia to the Hebrides. They include reports on structures andfinds at particular sites, regional studies of pottery, and (C.Haslegrove) a long essay on patterns across all of Britain. Among thoseto catch this reviewer's fancy were A.P. Fitzpatrick'sappraisal of cultural and seasonal variation in trading at HengistburyHead Hengistbury Head is a headland jutting into the English Channel between Bournemouth and Christchurch in the English county of Dorset. At the end is a spit which creates the narrow entrance to Christchurch Harbour. , Stewart Bryant & Rosalind Niblett's assessment of`settlement complexes' in Hertfordshire, and J.P. le Bihan on thelay-out of a Late Bronze to Early Iron Age village on Ushant. The papersare in French and English in equal proportions. Most have summaries inboth languages. Hastarnas land considers archaeological and historical evidence forherding horses and horsemanship horsemanship:see equestrianism. horsemanshipArt of training, riding, and handling horses. Good horsemanship requires that a rider control the animal's direction, gait, and speed with maximum effectiveness and minimum effort. in eastern central Sweden during thelater 1st millennium AD. The review covers Valsgarde, Vendel, Tuna, andBirka, and iconography from as far afield as Garland, Sutton Hoo andBayeux. It is argued that horsemanship was an idiom of aristocracy. Anabstract and substantial summary are provided in English.