| Title:
|
CELTIC CHIEFDOM, CELTIC STATE
THE EVOLUTION OF COMPLEX SOCIAL SYSTEMS IN PREHISTORIC EUROPE |
| By: |
Bettina Arnold (Editor), D. Blair Gibson (Editor), Wendy Ashmore |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
|
£35.00 |
| Our price: |
£30.63 |
| Discount: |
|
| You save:
|
£4.37 |
|
|
|
|
|
| ISBN 10: |
0521585791 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521585798 |
| Availability: |
Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.
 Delivery
rates
|
| Stock: |
Currently 0 available |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
28 February, 1998 |
| Series: |
New Directions in Archaeology |
| Pages: |
172 |
| Description: |
An interdisciplinary group of contributors to this volume re-examine the structure and political development of Celtic states scattered across present-day Europe. |
| Synopsis: |
In this collection, archaeologists, historians, geographers and language specialists re-examine the structure and political development of Celtic states scattered across present-day Europe. The main theoretical focus is on whether and when state-level complexity was attained in the different Celtic settlements. The contributors also discuss and evaluate the various methods for studying Celtic social systems: the historical textual studies, as opposed to the analysis of the archaeological record, and the use of regional comparisons. Interweaving archaeological and textual evidence, the result is an interdisciplinary study of state formation never before attempted on such a wide scale which contributes to our understanding of social complexity in Celtic Europe, and, more generally, to the processes underlying social transformation. |
| Illustrations: |
21 maps 1 table |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |