Department Affiliations
Specialties
- material culture
- visual representation
- archaeology
- central Europe
- culture contact
- early economies
- European prehistory
- frontiers
- Iron Age
- late prehistory
- Roman and early medieval periods
- Roman Europe
- identity
- urban archaeology
- ancient Germans
- ancient Celts
Publications
- The Battle that Stopped Rome. Wells, Peter S, W.W. Norton, 2003.
- The Iron Age. Wells, Peter S, 2002.
- The Barbarians Speak: How the Conquered Peoples Shaped Roman Europe. Wells, Peter S, Princeton University Press, 1999.
- Creating an Imperial Frontier: Archaeology of the Formation of Rome's Danube Borderland. Wells, Peter S, forthcoming.
- Beyond Celts, Germans and Scythians: Archaeology and Identity in Iron Age Europe. Wells, Peter S, Duckworth, 2001.
Research Activities
- The Fall of the Roman Empire
- Roman-Medieval Transition in Europe
- Culture Change in the Roman Danube Frontier Region
- Constructing a Shared Past: Interpreting Cultural Origins for the European Union
Professional Activities
- Director of Graduate Studies: Dept of Anthropology, U of M , 2000 - 2003
- Chair: Fulbright Screening Committee for Germany, Austria, University of Minnesota , 1998
- Chair and Member: Senate Library Committee, U of M , 1998 - 1999
- Chair and Member: Faculty Summer Research Fellowship Advisory Committee, U of M , 2001 - 2002
Awards
- College of Liberal Arts Scholars of the College, University of Minnesota, 1998
- Book, The Barbarians Speak selected for "Outstanding Title of 1999" in Sociology/Anthropology category by Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers
Courses Taught
- Anth 4043 - Archaeology of Northern Europe
- Anth 3009 - Rise of Civilization
- Anth 3027W - Archaeology of Prehistoric Europe
Alternative Output Formats