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The Bronze Age and the Celtic World — Harold Peake

The Bronze Age and the Celtic World

Harold Peake

  • History
  • Book language: English
  • 251 pages

The Bronze Age and the Celtic World is a 1922 history based on Harold Peake's lectures at Aberystwyth. It surveys Bronze Age Europe and the Celtic peoples, using archaeology to discuss early migrations and cultural contacts. It offers a window into how scholars of the time approached prehistory.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. THE BRONZE AGE AND THE CELTIC WORLD BY HAROLD PEAKE, F.S.A.
  2. DEDICATION
  3. PREFACE
  4. CONTENTS
  5. LIST OF FIGURES AND MAPS
  6. LIST OF PLATES
  7. CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM
  8. CHAPTER II THE FIRST INHABITANTS OF CELTIC LANDS
  9. CHAPTER III EARLY TRADE WITH CELTIC LANDS
  10. CHAPTER IV THE PROSPECTORS
  11. CHAPTER V THE CELTIC CRADLE
  12. CHAPTER VI MANY INVASIONS
  13. CHAPTER VII THE EVOLUTION OF THE LEAF-SHAPED SWORD
  14. CHAPTER VIII THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE LEAF-SHAPED SWORDS.
  15. CHAPTER IX GREEK LANDS AND THE BASIS OF CHRONOLOGY
  16. CHAPTER X THE IRON SWORD
  17. CHAPTER XI A RECAPITULATION
  18. CHAPTER XII THE ARYAN CRADLE
  19. CHAPTER XIII P’S AND Q’S
  20. CHAPTER XIV THE WANDERINGS OF THE WIROS
  21. CHAPTER XV CONCLUSION
  22. APPENDIX I CHRONOLOGY
  23. APPENDIX II MATRILINEAR SUCCESSION IN GREECE
  24. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  25. INDEX
  26. PLATES
  27. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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