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Abstract
The article explores the role of the YAJ not only as a journal of record, but also as an innovator in the development of archaeological ideas such as landscape archaeology, aerial photography and open-area archaeology, as well as more traditional approaches, for instance tackling historical questions such as the Roman conquest of Britain. It deals with the changes of paradigm which affected both the types of fieldwork carried out and nature of interpretation in both a British and a European context. With the work of Raistrick on landscape history and of Beresford on deserted medieval villages, its publications had an impact far beyond the boundaries of the county. The YAS has also acted as a meeting ground for the various institutions which have engaged in archaeology in the county, both professional and amateur.
My thanks to my next-door neighbour Brian Barber who originally twisted my arm to write this article, and gave me notes he had made during the preparation of his own contribution. Also to Blaise Vyner and Stephen Briggs who read the first draft and removed many of my more crass blunders, and to Janet Senior, the YAS Assistant Librarian, who made her list of articles in YAJ available to me, saving a lot of time preparing the Bibliography. A longer version of this paper is housed in the archives of the YAS.
In memoriam: to my fellow student at Cambridge, Ian Kinnes from Pickering (1944–2012).
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John Collis
John Collis taught for over thirty years in the Department of Archaeology in Sheffield University, specialising in the Iron Age of Europe, on the Celts and on excavation methods, and published widely on these topics and on the training of archaeologists. He carried out fieldwork in Britain, France, Spain and Italy.
Correspondence to: John Collis, 9 Clifford Road, Sheffield, S11 9AQ, UK. Email: [email protected]