John Morton Coles (1930-2020). From Palaeolithic Studies to Wetland Archaeology. A Commemoration

Danuta Piotrowska; Wojciech Piotrowski

doi:10.23858/APa59.2021.2839

Published: 2021-12-20

Vol. 59 (2021)

John Morton Coles (1930-2020). From Palaeolithic Studies to Wetland Archaeology. A Commemoration

Danuta Piotrowska , Wojciech Piotrowski

Archaeologia Polona

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https://doi.org/10.23858/APa59.2021.2839

Abstract

This article is dedicated to John Morton Coles (1930-2020), Professor of European Prehistory at Cambridge University between 1980 and 1986, Fellow of the British Academy, author of the highly regarded scientific works, teacher and editor. He dealt with several archaeological periods and was involved in different field projects and conducted numerous excavations. At Cambridge, in the Department of Archaeology, John Coles collaborated with such significant figures as Professors Grahame Clark and Glyn Daniel. John Coles devoted much of his time to experimental and wetland archaeology as well as to prehistoric rock carvings in Sweden and Norway. John Coles was awarded an honorary doctorate by Uppsala University. He was the advisor of Biskupin’s archaeological open-air Museum in Poland.

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John Morton Coles (1930-2020), British archaeology, European Prehistory, Cambridge University, Somerset Levels Project, Scandinavian rock carvings, open-air museum at Biskupin

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