Beyond Celts, Germans and Scythians: Archaeology and Identity in Iron Age Europe (Duckworth Debates in Archaeology) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Beyond Celts, Germans and Scythians Who were the Iron Age peoples of Europe? Information about them comes from Greek and Roman writers - not from the native peoples themselves. This book examines the archeological evidence to understand how late prehistoric groups constructed and expressed their identities.
Full description- Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
- Published: 01 April 2013
- Format: Paperback 162 pages
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- Categories: Science: General Issues | European History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Archaeology | Archaeology By Period / Region
- ISBN 13: 9780715630365 ISBN 10: 0715630369
- Sales rank: 487,091
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Full description for Beyond Celts, Germans and Scythians
Who were the Iron Age peoples of Europe? Celts, Germans, Scythians and others 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 - not from the native peoples themselves. To understand how late prehistoric groups constructed and expressed their identities, we need to examine the rich archaeological evidence left by 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.
