Celtic History, General & Miscellaneous - Antiquities, British History - Pre-17th Century - General & Miscellaneous, United Kingdom & Ireland - Archaeology

Britain and the Celtic Iron Age

Name: Britain and the Celtic Iron Age
Author: Simon James, Valery Rigby
ISBN: 9780714123066

by Simon James, Valery Rigby

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Overview

The Celts are seen as a family of European peoples who spoke related languages and shared many things in common, from art to aspects of religion and social organization. Was the British Iron Age simply part of this supposedly uniform, Celtic world, or was it something much more distinctive, complex, strange and fascinating than we have been led to believe? New research is promoting reappraisals of Britain's prehistory, in ways which challenge many ideas, such as that of a familiar Celtic past.

This work discusses the many facets of the lives of Iron Age Britons, drawing on the wealth of material in the British Museum and other collections.