The Ancient Celts - Hardcover

Cunliffe, Barry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198150105 ISBN 13: 9780198150107

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 1997

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Book by Cunliffe Barry

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Fierce warriors and skilled craftsmen, the Celts were famous throughout the Ancient Mediterranean World. They were the archetypal barbarians from the north and were feared by both Greeks and Romans. Napoleon III spent much time and money searching for the ancestral Gauls, and the concept of the Celt has been used many times by the nations fringing the Atlantic in their search for identity. In this fascinating new volume Barry Cunliffe explores the true nature of the Celtic identity and presents the first thorough and up-to-date account of a people whose origins still provoke heated debate. Examining the archaeological reality of the Iron Age inhabitants of barbarian Europe, he traces the emergence of chiefdoms, patterns of expansion and migration, and the development of a mature urbanized society, thus assessing the disparity between the traditional vision of the Celts and the archaeological evidence. Through his consideration of cultural diversity, social and religious systems, art, language, law, and oral traditions, Cunliffe is able to draw a distinction between societies which conform to an ethnic `Celtic' model and those subjected to `Celtization', and tease out a fascinating new picture of the identity of the Celts. This book is intended for scholars and students of European archaeology and prehistory.

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About the Author: Barry Cunliffe is Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Keble College. An expert in the archaeology and art of the pagan Celts, he has written over forty books, as well as editing The Oxford Illustrated Prehistory of Europe.

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• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0198150105
• ISBN 13: 9780198150107
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336