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Beyond Celts, Germans and Scythians : Archaeology and Identity in Iron Age Europe

by: Wells, P.S.

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Category: Duckworth Debates in Archaeology
Code: 10678
ISBN-13: 9780715630365 / 978-0-7156-3036-5
ISBN-10: 0715630369 / 0-7156-3036-9
Publisher: Duckworth
Publication Date: 2001
Publication Place: London
Binding: Paper
Pages: 160
Book Condition: New
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Beyond Celts, Germans and Scythians
Archaeology and Identity in Iron Age Europe
Peter S. Wells (Author)

Description
Who were the Iron Age peoples of Europe? Celts, Germans, Scythians: these are among the names that come to mind. But such names, and the characteristics associated with them, come to us from outside observers – Greek and Roman writers – rather than from their own words. To understand how late prehistoric groups constructed and expressed their identities, the author examines the rich archaeological evidence left by the Iron Age Europeans themselves.

Recent theoretical and methodological advances in anthropology, archaeology and history, together with results of archaeological research all over Europe, provide the basis for a new approach to the problem of the identities of Iron Age peoples. Peter Wells uses patterns of identity revealed in the archaeology to interpret the commentaries of Greek and Roman authors who conveyed their own perceptions of these non-literate groups. Finally, he examines ways in which Iron Age Europeans responded to the Greek and Roman representations of them. The result was an ever-changing mosaic of complex and dynamic identities among the diverse peoples of Late Iron Age Europe.

Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Figures
1. Identity and the Archaeology of the Iron Age
2. Changing Identities in Early Iron Age Europe
3. Creating Interregional Identities
4. Representations of the Other: First Texts
5. Territoriality and Identity in the Late Iron Age Landscape
6. Outsiders' Views: Roman and Greek Representations
7. Responding to Representation
8. Afterthoughts
Bibliographic Essay
Works Cited
Index

 

 
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Beyond Celts, Germans and Scythians : Archaeology and Identity in Iron Age Europe

by: Wells, P.S.

  • ISBN-13: 9780715630365 / 978-0-7156-3036-5
  • ISBN-03: 0715630369 / 0-7156-3036-9
  • Duckworth, London, 2001

Price: 22,89 EURO

1 copy in stock