Towns, villages, and countryside of Celtic Europe : from the beginning of the second millennium to the end of the first century BC
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Towns, villages, and countryside of Celtic Europe : from the beginning of the second millennium to the end of the first century BC
B.T. Batsford, 1992, c1991
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Villes, villages et campagnes de l'Europe celtique
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Translation of: Villes, villages et campagnes de l'Europe celtique
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-252) and index
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Description
The period in north-west Europe in the last two millennia BC, up to the Roman conquest, was one of systematic settlement and land division which saw the birth of architecture in wood, the development of rural crafts, the establishment of stratified societies and the evolution of true urban settlements. The authors of this book use primary archaeological data to explain this complex process of technological economic and social evolution, which produced a remarkable level of cultural unity in a vast region stretching from the Danube to the Atlantic coasts of Europe. In so doing they present a picture remarkably different from that projected by ancient writers.
Table of Contents
- From primitive society to the birth of the European countryside
- the history of protohistoric studies
- methods of research
- raw materials and building techniques
- house architecture
- fortifications
- houses and daily life - the organization of settlements
- activity areas and social spaces
- settlements in the landscape
- settlements and society
- settlement evolution in the Bronze Age - a world of villages
- the Iron Age - from villages to towns.
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