The Celts

by Alice Roberts

Overview

'Informed, impeccably researched and written' Neil Oliver

The Celts are one of the world's most mysterious ancient people. In this compelling account, Alice Roberts takes us on a journey across Europe, uncovering the truth about this engimatic tribe: their origins, their treasure and their enduring legacy today. What emerges is not a wild people, but a highly sophisticated tribal culture that influenced the ancient world - and even Rome.

It is the story of a multicultural civilization, linked by a common language.

It is the story of how ideas travelled in prehistory, how technology and art spread across the continent.

It is the story of a five-hundred year fight between two civilizations that came to define the world we live in today.

It is the story of a culture that changed Europe forever.


'Roberts's lightness of touch is joyous, and celebratory' Observer

'Clear-spoken and enthusiastic' Telegraph

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781784293345
Publisher:	Quercus Publishing
Publication date:	10/05/2015
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	222,694
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Alice Roberts is an anatomist, archaeologist, anthropologist, historian, television presenter, author and professor at the University of Birmingham. She has presented Coast, Digging for Britain and The Incredible Human Journey on BBC2, Inside Science on Radio 4 and has appeared as an expert on Time Team on Channel 4. She writes a regular column for The Observer and is passionate about human health, evolution and history. She lives in Bristol with her husband and two children.
Alice Roberts is an anatomist, osteoarchaeologist, anthropologist, television presenter, author and professor at the University of Birmingham. She has presented The Incredible Human Journey and Coast on BBC 2, Inside Science on Radio 4 and appeared as an expert on Time Team on Channel 4. She lives in Bristol with her husband and two children.

Table of Contents

Foreword xiii

Introduction 1

Setting out

What's in a Name? 13

Reimagining the Celts

Iron, Salt and Wine 41

Building a big society and the thirst for resources

Warriors, Swords and Torcs 87

The ebb and flow of ideas in Iron Age Europe

Clashing with Empire 127

Iron Age geopolitics - Celts on the move

Myths from the Mists of Time 175

Life on the fringes - the flourishing of Celtic culture in non-Roman Europe

Identity and Legacy 225

A new view of an ancient people

Epilogue 275

Further reading 277

Acknowledgements 281

Index 285

Editorial Reviews

A masterpiece of evocative scientific storytelling—Brian Cox

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