Exploring Celtic origins : new ways forward in archaeology, linguistics, and genetics / edited by Barry Cunliffe & John T. Koch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cunliffe, Barry W., editor.

Koch, John T., editor.

Series:

Celtic Studies Publications (Series) ; 22.

Celtic studies publications ; XXII

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Celts--Origin.

Celts.

Celts--Europe--History.

Celtic antiquities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2019.

Summary:

This book is the fruit of collaborative work by researchers in archaeology, historical linguistics, and archaeogenetics over the past ten years. This team works towards the goal of a better understanding of the background in the Bronze Age and Beaker Period of the people who emerge as Celts and speakers of Celtic languages documented in the Iron Age and later times. Led by Sir Barry Cunliffe and John Koch, the contributors present multidisciplinary chapters in a lively user-friendly style, aimed at accessibility for workers in the other fields, as well as general readers. The collection stands as a pause to reflect on ways forward at the moment of intellectual history when the genome-wide sequencing of ancient DNA (a.k.a. 'the archaeogenetic revolution') has suddenly changed everything in the study of later European prehistory. How do we deal with what appears to be an irreversible breach in the barrier between science and the humanities?

Contents:

1. Setting the scene / Barry Cunliffe

2. Celtic from the West meets linguistics and genetics / John T. Koch

3. A case of identity theft? Archaeogenetics, Beaker people, and Celtic origins / John T. Koch with Fernando Fernández Palacios

4. Connectivity in Atlantic Europe during the Bronze Age (2800-800 BC) / Kerri Cleary & Catriona Gibson

5. Chemistry and Bronze Age metals in Atlantic Europe : flows of ideas and material / Peter Bray

6. Once upon a time in the West : the archaeogenetics of Celtic origins / Marina Silva, Katharina Dulias, Gonzalo Oteo-Garcia, Francesca Gardini, Ceiridwen Edwards, Maria Pala, Pedro Soares, James F. Wilson, & Martin B. Richards

7. A dialogue at the crossroads / Barry Cunliffe & John T. Koch.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9781789250893

1789250897

9781789250916

1789250919

OCLC:

1128816242