We give an interpretation of the cohomology of an arithmetically defined
group as a set of equivalence classes of lattices. We use this interpretation
to give a simpler proof of the connection established by J. Rohlfs between
genus and cohomology.
We extend the theory of spinor class field and representation fields
previously defined for lattices over the ring of integers of a number field to
both, lattices over the coordinate ring of a smooth irreducible affine curve
over a finite field, and sheaves of lattices over the structure sheaf of an
irreducible smooth projective curve over a finite field.