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Ancient Celtic Placenames in Europe and Asia Minor, Number 39

Patrick Sims-Williams (Author)

9781405145701, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 5 June 2006

424 pages
23.4 x 15 x 2.4 cm, 0.608 kg

"Taken as a whole, this book is a triumphant vindication of the value of philology applied in a systematic and discerning fashion to a major historical problem." Antiquity

An original study revealing the history of place-names from Ireland to Anatolia, from Scotland to the Apennines, and from to Andalusia the Black Seas.

  • Includes numerous original maps and uncovers new methodology for linguistic geography
  • Uses a dataset of over 20,000 names recorded by Greek and Latin authors such as Polybius, Caesar and Tacitus and by early geographers such as Strabo, Pliny, Ptolemy and the Ravenna Cosmographer
  • A significant work for archaeologists, historians and philologists studying the early distribution of Celtic and other Indo-European languages

List of maps.

Preface.

1. Introduction.

2. A Database Approach.

3. The Long Arm of Coincidence.

4. Selected Celtic-Looking Strings and Elements.

5. The distribution of the Selected Celtic-Looking Elements.

6. The Extent of Celtic Names: i. Northern Europe (above 48 latitude) .

7. The Extent of Celtic Names: ii. Central Europe (latitudes 44-47).

8. The Extent of Celtic Names: iii. Southern Europe (latitude 43 and southwar.

9. The Extent of Celtic Names: iv. Asia Minor (west of longitude +35) with v. Note on Remaining Areas around the Mediterranean (north of latitude 35 and west of longitude +35).

10. The Extent of Celtic Names: vi. Africa and Asia (south of latitude 35 and east of longitude +35).

11. The Extent of Celtic Names: Summary.

12. Prospects for Further Research.

Abbreviations.

Bibliography.

Index of Place-Names

Subject Areas: Linguistics [CF]
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