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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe. Image cartographique : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Cunliffe, Barry Windsor (1939-....)
Titre(s) : The ancient Celts [Texte imprimé] / Barry Cunliffe
Édition : 2d. ed.
Publication : Oxford (GB) : Oxford University Press, copyright 2018
Description matérielle : ix, 486 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm
Note(s) : First Edition published by Oxford University Press in 1997"--Title page verso.". - Includes bibliographical references and index
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. For two and a half thousand years they have continued to
fascinate those who have come into contact with them, yet their origins have remained
a mystery and even today are the subject of heated debate among historians and archaeologists.
Barry Cunliffe's classic study of the ancient Celtic world was first published in
1997. Since then huge advances have taken place in our knowledge: new finds, new ways
of using DNA records to understand Celtic origins, new ideas about the proto-urban
nature of early chieftains' strongholds, All these developments are part of this fully
updated , and completely redesigned edition. Cunliffe explores the archaeological
reality of these bold warriors and skilled craftsmen of barbarian Europe who inspired
fear in both the Greeks and the Romans. He investigates the texts of the classical
writers and contrasts their view of the Celts with current archaeological findings.
Tracing the emergence of chiefdoms and the fifth- to third-century migrations as far
as Bosnia and the Czech Republic, he assesses the disparity between the traditional
story and the most recent historical and archaeological evidence on the Celts. Other
aspects of Celtic identity such as the cultural diversity of the tribes, their social
and religious systems, art, language and law, are also examined. From the picture
that emerges, we are - crucially - able to distinguish between the original Celts,
and those tribes which were 'Celtized', giving us an invaluable insight into the true
identity of this ancient people
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Celts
Sujet(s) : Celtes -- Antiquité
Art celtique
Indice(s) Dewey :
936.4 (23e éd.) = Histoire antique - Régions celtiques - Des origines à 0486 ap. J.-C.
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780198752936. - ISBN 0198752938. - ISBN 9780198752929. - ISBN 019875292X. -
ISBN 9780191067211 (erroné). - ISBN 0191067210 (erroné) (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45830257p
Notice n° :
FRBNF45830257
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Visions of the celts ; Constructing the historical celts ; In the beginning: 5500-1300
BC ; The Atlantic system: 1300-200 BC ; West Central Europe and the Mediterranean:
1300-450 BC ; The migrations: 450-50 BC ; The communities of the Atlantic façade
; Celts and others on the Eastern fringes ; Warfare and society ; The arts of the
migration period ; Religious systems ; The developed celtic world ; The celts in
retreat ; Celtic survival ; Retrospect.
