The Rise of the Celts, Volume 1This is an early history of the Celtic race and the part they played in European history. This work describes the origins of the Celts, using a wealth of archaeology and linguistic evidence, and their movements across the British Isles and the Continent, until the La Tene period (the second Iron Age). |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Torques | 7 |
PART | 21 |
LANGUAGE continued | 53 |
LANGUAGE concluded | 72 |
THE ARCHEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE | 80 |
Vase from SaintPoldeLéon | 111 |
19 | 117 |
Plan of the British Village at Glastonbury | 218 |
British Vases with Incised Decoration from Glastonbury | 219 |
CELTIC EXPANSION ON THE CONTINENT IN | 231 |
The Golden Hat of Schifferstadt and the Quiver of Avanton | 245 |
Bracelets with Coiled Ends | 250 |
CELTIC EXPANSION ON THE CONTINENT IN | 253 |
Tallfooted Vase from the Tumulus of Liviers | 269 |
Spherical Helmets | 273 |
FIG PAGE 30 Cross with Enamel Inlay from La GorgeMeillet | 123 |
The Battersea Shield | 125 |
CHAP MOVEMENTS OF THE CELTIC PEOPLES PAGE | 131 |
Hallstatt Pottery from Germany | 165 |
Bronze Age Pottery from England Zoned Beakers from the Round Barrows | 171 |
Neolithic Pottery of Germany | 179 |
Distribution of Cultivated Land and Dwellings in Ireland | 187 |
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