The Archaeology of Celtic Art

by of Edinburgh; University

• ISBN13: 9780415351775
• ISBN10: 0415351774
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-06-18
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book is the first major work to look at Celtic art from an archaeological point of view, and to place it in a societal context.Archaeology Of Celtic Artevaluates Celtic art not just in terms of stylistic developments over time and space but in the context of Iron Age society as it can be reconstructed from the evidence of archaeology.

Author Biography

Dennis W. Harding is Abercromby Professor of Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh.

Table of Contents

List of colour plates	p. vii
List of figures	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Definitions, material and context	p. 1
'An art with no genesis': later Bronze Age and Hallstatt origins	p. 17
The La Tene Early Styles: origins and influences	p. 38
The La Tene developed styles	p. 65
The art of the swordsmith	p. 93
The La Tene later relief styles	p. 118
Insular British art to the Roman Conquest	p. 140
La Tene and non-La Tene in Ireland	p. 164
South-West Europe and the Celtiberians	p. 189
Later styles and Romanizing influences	p. 211
Later insular art in Britain and Ireland	p. 238
Conclusions: archaeology and Celtic art	p. 262
Bibliography	p. 275
Index	p. 291
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