{"product_id":"celtic-chiefdom-celtic-state-the-evolution-of-complex-social-systems-in-prehistoric-europe-paperback-9780521585798","title":"Celtic Chiefdom, Celtic State; The Evolution of Complex Social Systems in Prehistoric Europe (Paperback) 9780521585798","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCeltic Chiefdom, Celtic State\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Evolution of Complex Social Systems in Prehistoric Europe\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn interdisciplinary group of contributors to this volume re-examine the structure and political development of Celtic states scattered across present-day Europe.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBettina Arnold (Edited by), D. Blair Gibson (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521585798, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 28 February 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e172 pages, 21 maps  1 table\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 19.1 x 0.9 cm, 0.31 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This stimulating book deserves to be read widely outside of `Europeanist' circles.\"    Bernard Wailes, American Anthropologist\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this collection, archaeologists, historians, geographers and language specialists re-examine the structure and political development of Celtic states scattered across present-day Europe. The main theoretical focus is on whether and when state-level complexity was attained in the different Celtic settlements. The contributors also discuss and evaluate the various methods for studying Celtic social systems: the historical textual studies, as opposed to the analysis of the archaeological record, and the use of regional comparisons. Interweaving archaeological and textual evidence, the result is an interdisciplinary study of state formation never before attempted on such a wide scale which contributes to our understanding of social complexity in Celtic Europe, and, more generally, to the processes underlying social transformation.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction: beyond the mists: forging an ethnological approach to Celtic studies Bettina Arnold, and D. Blair Gibson\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Celtic Political Systems: Research Paradigms: 2. From chiefdom to state organization in Celtic Europe Patrice Brun\u003cbr\u003e 3. Building an historical ecology of Gaulish polities Carole L. Crumley\u003cbr\u003e 4. The early Celts of west central Europe: the semantics of social structure Franz Fischer\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Recovering Iron Age Social Systems: 5. The material culture of social structure: rank and status in early Iron-Age Europe Bettina Arnold\u003cbr\u003e 6. The significance of major settlements in European Iron Age society Olivier Büchsenschütz\u003cbr\u003e 7. Early 'Celtic' socio-political relations: ideological representation and social competition in dynamic comparative perspective Michael Dietler\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Question of Statehood in La Téne Europe: 8. States without centres? The Middle La Tène period in temperate Europe John Collis\u003cbr\u003e 9. Late Iron-Age society in Britain and north-east Europe: structural transformation or superficial change? Colin Haselgrove\u003cbr\u003e 10. Settlement and social systems at the end of the Iron Age Peter S. Wells\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Evolution and Ethnohistory: the Protohistoric Polities of Gaul and the British Isles: 11. Modelling chiefdoms in the Scottish Highlands and islands prior to the '45 Robert A. Dodgshon\u003cbr\u003e 12. Caesar's perception of Gallic social structures Sean B. Dunham\u003cbr\u003e 13. Chiefdoms, confederacies, and statehood in early Ireland D. Blair Gibson\u003cbr\u003e 14. Clans are not primordial: pre-Viking Irish society and the modelling of pre-Roman societies in northern Europe Nerys Thomas Patterson.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Ancient history: to c 500 CE [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Ancient history: to c 500 CE\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Ancient%20history:%20to%20c%20500%20CE%20%5BHBLA%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909131690264,"sku":"9780521585798","price":33.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521585798_0639ace8-b1c6-4222-bfc2-6496f0b52c56.gif?v=1691370073","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/celtic-chiefdom-celtic-state-the-evolution-of-complex-social-systems-in-prehistoric-europe-paperback-9780521585798","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}