Atlantic Europe in the first millenium BC : crossing the divide / edited by Tom Moore and Xosé-Lois Armada.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Historiography.

Europe, Western--Historiography.

Europe, Western.

Europe--History--To 476--Historiography.

Europe.

Western Europe.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 690 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]

Summary:

European first millennium BC studies have witnessed an increasing theoretical divide between the approaches adopted across different European countries. Whilst topics such as ethnicity, identity, and agency have dominated many British studies, such themes have had less resonance in continental approaches. At the same time, British and Iberian first millennium BC studies have become increasingly divorced from studies elsewhere in Europe. While such divergence reflects deep historical divisions in theory and methodology between European perspectives, it is an issue that has been largely ignored by scholars of the period.

This volume addresses these issues by bringing together 33 papers by leading Bronze Age and Iron Age scholars from France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Ireland, North America, and the United Kingdom: Initial chapters from leading specialists introduce major themes (landscape studies, social organisation, historiography, dynamics of change, and identity), providing overviews on the history of approaches to these areas, personal perspectives on current problems, and possible future research directions. Subsequent chapters by key researchers develop these topics, presenting case studies and in-depth discussions of particular issues relating to the first millennium BC in the Atlantic realm of Western Europe. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Crossing the Divide

1 Crossing the Divide: Opening a Dialogue on Approaches to Western European First Millennium bc Studies / Tom Moore Moore, Tom, Xosé-Lois Armada Armada, Xosé-Lois 3

Part II Landscape Studies

2 Settlement and Landscape in Iron Age Europe: Archaeological Mainstreams and Minorities / Gonzalo Ruiz Zapatero Zapatero, Gonzalo Ruiz 81

3 Historical Ecology: Using What Works to Cross the Divide / William J. Meyer Meyer, William J., Carole L. Crumley Crumley, Carole L. 109

4 Stelae Iconography and Landscape in South-west Iberia / Sebástian Celestino Pérez Pérez, Sebástian Celestino, Victorino Mayoral Herrera Herrera, Victorino Mayoral, José Ángel Salgado Carmona Carmona, José Ángel Salgado, Rebeca Cazorla Martín Martín, Rebeca Cazorla 135

5 Landscape Dynamics, Political Processes, and Social Strategies in the Eastern Iberian Iron Age / Ignacio Grau Mira Mira, Ignacio Grau 153

6 A Re-examination of Three Wessex-type Sites: Little Woodbury, Gussage All Saints, and Winnall Down / Oliver Davis Davis, Oliver 171

7 Landscape in the Late Iron Age of Northwest Portugal / Francisco Sande Lemos Lemos, Francisco Sande, Gonçalo Cruz Cruz, Gonçalo, Joao Fonte Fonte, Joao, Joana Valdez Valdez, Joana 187

8 La Tène and Early Gallo-Roman Settlement in Central Gaul: An Examination of the Boundary between the Aedui, Lingoni, and Senoni (Northern Burgundy, France) / Pierre Nouvel Nouvel, Pierre 205

Part III The Social Modelling of Late Bronze Age and Iron Age Societies

9 'Reconstructing Iron Age Society' Revisited / John Collis Collis, John 223

10 How Did British Middle and Late Pre-Roman Iron Age Societies Work (if they did)? / J. D. Hill Hill, J. D. 242

11 Social Inequality during the Iron Age: Interpretation Models / Inés Sastre Sastre, Inés 264

12 Iron Age Societies against the State: An Account of the Emergence of the Iron Age in North-western Iberia / Francisco Javier González García García, Francisco Javier González, César Parcero-Oubiña Parcero-Oubiña, César, Xurxo Ayán Vila Vila, Xurxo Ayán 285

13 Shifting Centres of Power and Changing Elite Symbolism in the Scheldt Fluvial Basin during the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age / Guy De Mulder Mulder, Guy De, Jean Bourgeois Bourgeois, Jean 302

14 Examples of Social Modelling in the Seine Valley during the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age / Rebecca Peake Peake, Rebecca, Régis Issenmann Issenmann, Régis, Valérie Delattre Delattre, Valérie 319

15 Becoming Welsh: Modelling First Millennium bc Societies in Wales and the Celtic Context / Raimund Karl Karl, Raimund 336

16 Person, Family, and Community: The Social Structure of Iron Age Societies Seen through the Organization of their Housing in North-western Europe / Dimitri Mathiot Mathiot, Dimitri 358

17 Approaching Sex and Status in Iron Age Britain with Reference to the Nearer Continent / Rachel Pope Pope, Rachel, Ian Ralston Ralston, Ian 375

Part IV Continuity and Change

18 Approaches to Metalwork: The Role of Technology in Tradition, Innovation, and Cultural Change / Barbara R. Armbruster Armbruster, Barbara R. 417

19 The Problem of Continuity: Reassessing the Shape of the British Iron Age Sequence / John C. Barrett Barrett, John C., Mark Bowden Bowden, Mark, David McOmish McOmish, David 439

20 Iron Age Ireland: Continuity, Change, and Identity / Katharina Becker Becker, Katharina 449

21 Exploring Status and Identity in Later Iron Age Britain: Reinterpreting Mirror Burials / Jody Joy Joy, Jody 468

22 Discovering San Chuis Hillfort (Northern Spain): Archaeometry, Craft Technologies, and Social Interpretation / Jesús F. Jordá Pardo Pardo, Jesús F. Jordá, Carlos Marín Suárez Suárez, Carlos Marín, Javier García-Guinea García-Guinea, Javier 488

23 Changing to Remain the Same: The Southern Iberian Peninsula between the Third and the First Centuries bc / Alicia Jiménez Jiménez, Alicia 506

Part V Rhythms of Life and Death

24 Crossing the Divide in the First Millennium bc: A Study into the Cultural Biographies of Boats / Robert Van de Noort Noort, Robert Van de 521

25 The Warrior Stelae of the Iberian South-west: Symbols of Power in Ancestral Landscapes / Leonardo García Sanjuán Sanjuán, Leonardo García 534

26 Funerary Expression and Ideology in the Cogotas Culture Settlements in the Northern Meseta of the Iberian Peninsula / Miguel Ángel Arnáiz Alonso Alonso, Miguel Ángel Arnáiz, Juan Montero Gutiérrez Gutiérrez, Juan Montero 558

27 Warriors and Heroes from the North-east of Iberia: A View from the Funerary Contexts / Raimon Graells Fabregat Fabregat, Raimon Graells 575

28 Headhunting and Social Power in Iron Age Europe / Ian Armit Armit, Ian 590

29 The Ritual Representation of the Body during the Late Iron Age in Northern France / Valérie Delattre Delattre, Valérie 608

Part VI Exploring European Research Traditions

30 Iron Age Knowledge: Pre-Roman Peoples and Myths of Origin / Richard Hingley Hingley, Richard 617

31 Exploring Late Iron Age Settlement in Britain and the Near Continent: Reading Edward Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and Examining the Significance of Landscape, Place, and Water in Settlement Studies / Adam Rogers Rogers, Adam 638

32 The 'Introduction to Ethnicity Syndrome' in Proto-historical Archaeology / Guillermo-Sven Reher Díez Díez, Guillermo-Sven Reher 656

33 Boundaries, Status, and Conflict: An Exploration of Iron Age Research in the Twentieth Century / Niall Sharples Sharples, Niall 668.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

0199567956

9780199567959

OCLC:

775744968

Publisher Number:

99947644022