Peter S. Wells

Peter S. Wells (born October 9, 1948) is an American anthropologist and author who is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota.

Biography Peter S. Wells was born in Boston, Massachusetts on October 9, 1948. Wells received his B.A. from Harvard College in 1970, and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1976. He has led a number of important archaeological excavations in Germany. Wells is the author of a number of books on the prehistory of Europe. His book The Barbarians Speak: How the Conquered Peoples Shaped Roman Europe (1999), was awarded the Outstanding Title of 1999 by the Professional and Scholarly Division of the Association of American Publishers. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Indo-European Studies.

Selected works Settlement, Economy, and Cultural Change at the End of the European Iron Age: Excavations at Kelheim in Bavaria, 1993 The Barbarians Speak: How the Conquered Peoples Shaped Roman Europe, 1999 Beyond Celts, Germans and Scythians: Archaeology and Identity in Iron Age Europe, 2001 The Battle that Stopped Rome: Emperor Augustus, Arminius, and the Slaughter of the Legions in the Teutoburg Forest, 2003 Barbarians to Angels: The Dark Ages Reconsidered, 2008 Image and Response in Early Europe, 2008 How Ancient Europeans Saw the World: Vision, Patterns, and the Shaping of the Mind in Prehistoric Times, 2012